This is the information page about the shipwreck Stavros (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 33.607 N,0 22.594 W (50.57725, -0.0826)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.
Name: STAVROS (POSSIBLY)
Length 35.1 meter, width: 6.6 meter, draught: 3.6, tonnage 238 ton
Load: clay products
Cause: Ex-ernst. built in 1872 by s ollson, oscarshamn. owned at time of loss by panos georgilias. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 17nhp, single shaft. passage fowey for rotterdam. sprang leak in heavy weather. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1920
Water depth above wreck: 64 meter, Height above seabed: 57 cm
Known since: 1920, last detected: 2003
Details measurements/cartography: H6229/20 2.9.20 GREEK STEAMER SANK 11 MILES ESE OF OWERS LTV IN APPROX 503545N, 002345W. (CG PORTSMOUTH, 2.9.20). CHART AS WK (OLD SYMBOL)(1920).
- NM 1477/20. H1656/24 5.3.24 AMENDED TO NDW. 23.7.71 NOW CHARTED AS USCPA 28.0MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 1652. H4121/76 20.1.77 NOT LOCATED DURING AREA SONAR SEARCH IN 503545N, 002345W BUT WK LOCATED 11.8.76 IN 503336N, 002240W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP] MAY BE THE 'STAVROS'. LEAST E/S DEPTH 54.7MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 65.4MTRS. SEABED IS REGULAR & SEDIMENTARY. DEFINITE WRECK. DCS3 HEIGHT 10MTRS, LENGTH 52MTRS. LIES SW/NE. SONAR TRACE SHOWED HIGH SUPERSTRUCTURE AFT, WITH RAISED FORECASTLE. (HMS FOX, HI 52/76). CHART AS WK 54MTRS IN 503336N, 002240W [OGB].
- NM 492/77. H1310/86/10 1.4.86 EXAM'D 1983. STANDS 10MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 66MTRS. (SOUTHERN MARINE SERVICES). NCA. HH090/952/01 28.10.03 EXAM'D 15.5.03 IN 5033.607N, 0022.594W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 58.3 IN GEN DEPTH 64MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 72MTRS, WIDTH 16MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.2MTRS. LIES 057/237 DEGS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. BROKEN WK. (GARDLINE, HI 952). APPEARS INTACT. AMEND TO WK 58MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT
Position: 50 33.607 N,0 22.594 W