This is the information page about the shipwreck Tasmania (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 10.01 N,3 52.51 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)
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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: TASMANIA (POSSIBLY)
Length 104.3 meter, width: 14.2 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 3662 ton
Load: coal
Cause: ex-florican. built in 1900 by w doxford & sons ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by l pittaluga. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 286 nhp, single shaft. passage west hartlepool for civitavecchia. torpedoed by uc-65. (ll ww1 & sibi).
Year of registration: 1919
Water depth above wreck: 55 meter, Height above seabed: 123 cm
Known since: 1919, last detected: 2014
Details measurements/cartography: H6391/19 INS WK PA. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). AMENDED TO DW. (DATE AND AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). H7193/33 AMENDED TO NDWPA. (TH). 10.4.45 GOOD SONAR CONTACT, GOOD POSN 501000N, 035312W. LENGTH 240FT, HEIGHT 20FT. (AUBD 302/103, 15TH ESCORT GROUP). H2051/51 25.1.52 DELETED. (HMS SEAGULL, SURVEY [E8881]). H1936/80 29.9.81 EXAM'D 18.3.81 IN 500958N, 035227W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 48 IN GEN DEPTH 55MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.6MTRS. NO SCOUR. ABOUT 45MTRS LONG, LYING NW/SE. GOOD SONAR CONTACT. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 5/81). INS AS WK 48MTRS. BR STD. HH091/186/01 28.5.08 EXAM'D IN 5010.0084N, 0352.5062W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 49.95MTRS. (HMS ROEBUCK, HI 1186, ROS). AMEND WK 49MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH091/186/01 11.9.08 EXAM'D 12.07 IN 5010.0097N, 0352.5099W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 50.13 IN GEN DPETH 55.14MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 109MTRS, WIDTH 280MTRS (SIC), HT 4.47MTRS. LIES 130/310 DEGS. RECTRANGULAR CONTACT, INTACT AND ON ITS SIDE. (HMS ROEBUCK, HI 1186, RE-RENDER). WIDTH PROBABLY 28MTRS. NCA. SEP 2014/000153150 11.9.14 EXAM'D 21.6.14 IN 5010.010N, 0352.510W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 47.26 IN GEN DEPTH 55.8MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 106.3MTRS, WIDTH 22.8MTRS, HT 6.15MTRS. LIES 123/303 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, UPRIGHT. (MMT, HI 1454). SE END COLLAPSED. AMEND WK 47MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, SE END COLLAPSED
Position: 50 10.01 N,3 52.51 W