This is the information page about the shipwreck Tagona, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 29.664 N,5 7.719 W (50.505016666667, -5.2049666666667)

 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, 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.

 

1. Acadian
2. Angele (possibly)
3. Anna sophie
4. Antoinette (probably)
5. Arthurtown
6. Bard (possibly)
7. Bogstad
8. Brava
9. Brisk (probably)
10. Camelot challenger (possibly)
11. Carasa (possibly)
12. Carl
13. Castor 1
14. Cristina
15. Dageid
16. Deputie gaston dumesnil (possibly)
17. Dumfries
18. Ezra weston (bow section)
19. Ezra weston (stern section)
20. Genevieve (possibly)
21. Germaine
22. Gleno
23. Hanover
24. Hemsley 1
25. Hera
26. Hmcs regina
27. Hms warwick
28. Hugin
29. Humbergate (probably)
30. Hunsgrove
31. Island maid
32. John taylor
33. Kai (possibly)
34. Kwester
35. La suippe
36. Lake edon
37. Lake owens
38. Lia'g
39. Lisa maria
40. Lombard (possibly)
41. Madeline
42. Madryn
43. Marcelle
44. Maria asumpta
45. Mefjord (possibly)
46. Milly (possibly)
47. Nile
48. Norma (possibly)
49. Onega
50. Orfordness
51. Pearn pride (possibly)
52. Peer gynt (possibly)
53. Petersham
54. Portugal
55. Prestige
56. Princess royal
57. Quarnero
58. Risoy (probably)
59. Rossmore (possibly)
60. Runswick
61. Saphir
62. Secil japan (bow section)
63. Secil japan (stern section)
64. Shanes castle
65. Shoreham (probably)
66. Siracusa
67. Skopelos sky (after part)
68. Sphene (probably)
69. St george (possibly)
70. St joseph
71. St stanislas
72. Svint
73. Tagona
74. U 1021 (possibly)
75. U 325 (possibly)
76. U 400 (possibly)
77. Ub 65
78. Vesuvius
79. War baron (probably)
80. Warnow (possibly)

 

Name: TAGONA

Length 76.2 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 2004 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: built in 1908 by a mcmillan & sons, dumbarton. owned a time of loss by canada steamship lines. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 122 nhp, single shaft. passage bilbao for glasgow. torpedoed by u-55. 8 men lost. (bot telecom, ww1sl, dods, sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 36 meter, Height above seabed: 47 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 5M WSW OF TREVOSE HEAD. (WW1SL). GIVES POSN 502936N, 050738W APPROX. H6391/19 H6391/19 NOT SHOWN ON BA CHARTS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). 8.3.20 8.3.20 CHART AS WK (OLD SYMBOL). (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 2565. H2537/28 27.8.28 H2537/28 & H4337/28 27.8.28 NOW CHARTED AS NDW PA 1918. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. H5872/53 19.11.53 H5872/53 19.11.53 NOW CHARTED AS NDW PA. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 1149. H1244/69 20.5.69 H1244/69 20.5.69 LOCATED IN 503008N, 050701W, LYING ON AN EVEN KEEL BUT SPLIT RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE, ON FLAT ROCK BOTTOM IN GEN DEPTH 145FT. (A L J CAVILL, 15.5.69). NCA. H1244/69 6.6.69 H1244/69 6.6.69 LOCATED USING TRANSIT - EASTERN QUIES ROCK WITH SEAWARD SIDE OF GULLAND ROCK AND LOOK OUT HOUSE WITH NEWQUAY HEADLAND HOTEL. THIS GIVES POSITION 503008N, 050701W. (A L J.CAVILL, 4.6.69). AMEND NDW IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 14.11.72 14.11.72 NOW CHARTED AS USC 10FMS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 1178. H2979/74 23.7.74 H2979/74 & H2959/73 23.7.74 IDENTIFIED AS TAGONA BY BELL IN 502936N, 050738W USING DECCA. WK VERY BROKEN INDEED AND WHOLE AREA COVERED WITH MANY FEET OF IRON ORE. BOILERS AND ENGINE HAVE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF ABOUT 12FT. LIES NE/SW WITH BOWS SW. SEABED SAND WITH SOME ROCK. (E GILES, 1974). AMEND USC 20MTRS IN REVISED POSN. 4.5.78 4.5.78 NOW SHOWN AS WK 30MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 1178. H1310/87/38 20.10.87 H1310/87/38 20.10.87 DIVED ON IN 502936N, 050740W. SIGNS OF SALVAGE AS CONDENSER AND GUN MISSING. THE DEBRIS REMAINING INCLUDES 2 BOILERS AND MANY 12 PDR COPPER SHELL CASES, MOST DATED 1906 - 1914. TELEGRAPH FOUND AND RECOVERED. (P CORNISH). NFA. 23.11.11 23.11.11 LOCATED 6.7.09 IN 5029.664N, 0507.719W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 32.37 IN GEN DEPTH 36.4MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 78.8MTRS, WIDTH 18.0MTRS, HT 4.03MTRS. LIES 047/227 DEGS WITH BOWS NE. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). AMEND WK 32MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: V BROKEN UP, AREA COVERED WITH IRON ORE, BOWS NE

Position: 50 29.664 N,5 7.719 W

 

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