This is the information page about the shipwreck Tijuca, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 17.45 N,5 23.078 W (48.399083333333, -5.3334666666667)
Open the Water Map of this area in a full window
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: TIJUCA
Length 92 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 7.4, tonnage 2304 ton
Cause: built 1883 by a leslie & co. owned at the time of loss by cia comercio e navegacao. torpedoed and sunk by german submarine off ushant. (dods).
Year of registration: 1919
Water depth above wreck: 103 meter
Known since: 1919, last detected: 2019
Details measurements/cartography: H1691/19 WK IN 481700N, 052300W, GEN DEPTH 60FMS. (PARIS NM). BR STD. H1291/28 SYMBOL AMENDED TO NDW PA (1917). BA 2643. 24.10.75 SHOWN AS WK 108MTRS [59FMS] IN 481712N, 052336W [EUR] ON FRENCH 5316. NCA. 30.3.76 SHOWN AS WK 108MTRS IN 481712N, 052336W [EUR] ON FRENCH 5316. 10.1.80 NOT SHOWN IN 481700N, 052300W ON FRENCH 5316 [1979 EDN]. AMEND TO WK 59FMS [108MTRS] IN 481712N, 052336W [EUR]. BR STD. 14.7.86 SHOWN AS WK 108MTRS IN 481718N, 052336W ON FRENCH 6989 [1986 EDN]. ALSO LISTED IN FRENCH WK RECORDS 1984. NC 2643. H4720/85 5.2.87 LEAST DEPTH NOW 98MTRS IN 481730N, 052259W. (BREST NM 86 51 26). AMEND TO WK 98MTRS IN 481730N, 052259W. BR STD. SEP 2009000084718 21.1.10 SHOWN IN 4817.450N, 0523.078W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7066 [INT 1800] [3RD EDN 2006 CORRECT TO 25-37-09, 1:150,000, LARGEST SCALE]. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 48 17.45 N,5 23.078 W