This is the information page about the shipwreck Tonis chandris, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 60 42.433 N,0 48.954 W (60.42445, -0.72313333333333)

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.

Name: TONIS CHANDRIS

Length 92.2 meter, width: 13.8 meter, draught: 5.7, tonnage 3161 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: built in 1904 by akt ges 'neptun', rostock. owned at time of loss by j d chandris, pireaus. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 192nhp, single shaft. passage kirkness for barrow-in-furness. was chased inshore by a german submarine on a calm, foggy night. grounded on vere rocks before master realised their position. lightened but unable to refloat. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 15 meter, Height above seabed: 97 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2010

Details measurements/cartography: H390/40 15.2.40 H390/40 15.2.40 NO ACTION ON WK IN 604207N, 004854W. (NOIC LERWICK). 12.1.78 12.1.78 NO LONGER SHOWN ON CHARTS. 3.3.04 3.3.04 SHOWN AS NDW IN 6042.119N, 0048.800W [OGB] ON BA 3282 [NE DTD 27.9.91]. 5.10.06 SEP 2006/000384983 5.10.06 DIVED 25.6.06 IN 6042.440N, 0048.966W [WGD] USING GPS. STANDS 10MTRS HIGH BY DEPTH GAUGE IN GEN DEPTH 10-30MTRS. LENGTH (ESTIMATES) 50MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS, HT 10MTRS. LIES E/W. NO SCOUR. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SEABED ROCK. LIES ON E SIDE OF VERE ROCKS. V LARGE TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE IS INTACT AND UPRIGHT AND FORMS THE HIGHEST PART. TWO BOILERS LIE NEARBY. DRIVE SHAFT INTACT AND CORRECTLY ORIENTATED. STANDS 4FT ABOVE THE MAIN WRECKAGE, WHICH LIES DOWN THE SLOPE OF ROCKS TO 30MTRS. NON-FERROUS PROP IS DETACHED AND LIES NEAR SHAFT. SPARE IRON PROP IS NEARBY. NO PART OF WRECK IS MORE DANGEROUS THAN VERE ROCKS. CHARTED NDW NOT LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER AND E/S. (G LOCKETT). RETAIN AS NDW IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH091/335/01 3.8.10 HH091/335/01 3.8.10 EXAM'D 14.4.10 IN 6042.433N, 0048.954W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 10.05 IN GEN DEPTH 15.45MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 39.6MTRS, WIDTH 6.6MTRS, HT 5.4MTRS. LIES 087/267 DEGS. MAINLY INTACT AND UPRIGHT. SOME DEBRIS LIES CLOSE N. (MARIN MATTEKNIK, HI 1335). AMEND WK 10MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ENGINE IS HIGHEST POINT, DIMENSIONS BY DIVER

Position: 60 42.433 N,0 48.954 W

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