This is the information page about the shipwreck Tubantia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 49.795 N,2 49.035 E (52.1134167, 2.8418)

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: TUBANTIA

Length 164.6 meter, width: 20.1 meter, tonnage 13911 ton

Cause: Built in 1913 by a. stephen & sons, with quadruple expansion engines of 1,725hp. passage amsterdam for buenos aires. owned at time of loss by koninklijke hollandsche lloyd. torpedoed and sunk by german submarine ub 13. (ll ww1, dods, & diver magazine aug '10).

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 25 meter

Known since: 1916, last detected: 2022

Details measurements/cartography: SANK IN 514600N, 024500E, APPROX. (LLOYDS WAR LOSSES). H1194/67 30.12.71 WK 21.6MTRS [11FMS 4FT] IN 514948N, 024906E [EUR]. (NETHERLANDS NM 3177/71).

- NM 81/72. 4.2.72 LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.6MTRS. RIBS PROJECT 3.5MTRS ABOVE SEABED. (NETHERLANDS WRECK RECORDS). NCA. 24.11.72 SHOWN IN 514950N, 024908E [EUR] ON NETHERLANDS FISH CHART 1954 [RECEIVED 7.11.72]. NCA. HH100/351/06 16.10.92 DIVED ON 514950.5N, 024908E [WGD] USING GPS. WK OF VERY LARGE PASSENGER SS LYING WITH ABOUT 75DEG LIST TO PORT. STARBOARD SIDE COMPLETELY CRUSHED UP TO THE SUPERSTRUCTURE AND ONLY PROJECTS ABOUT 5MTRS ABOVE SEABED. MANY STONE GIN BOTTLES, MARKED 'E EN LUCAS BOLS HET LOOTSEJE, AMSTERDAM' RECOVERED. MUST BE THE WK OF THE TUBANTIA. (R VERPOORTE, 29.9.92). NCA. 2.6.94 WK OF TUBANTIA LOCATED IN APPROX 514950.5N, 024907E [EUR]. IDENTIFIED BY CHINA BEARING NAME 'KONINKLIJKE NEDERLANDSE LOYDS'. (J COULON, LTR DTD 10.5.94). NCA. HH340/530/02 27.7.94 NOW WK SW 23.0MTRS IN 514952N, 024910E [EUR]. (NETHERLANDS NM 20/267/94)

- NM 2782/94. SEP 2010/000041974 16.3.10 NOW WK 22.5MTRS IN 5149.817N, 0249.087E [WGD]. (NETHERLANDS NM 10/150/10).

- NM 1694/10. 13.7.10 2 ROWS OF TWIN BOILERS DOMINATE THE CENTRE OF THE WK SITE, WITH PAIR OF TRIPLE-EXPANSION ENGINES TOWERING ABOVE SEABED & LEANING TO PORT. FORWARD SECTION IS VERY BROKEN, PARTIALLY COVERED BY SAND, WITH LARGE BOW LYING ON ITS PORT SIDE. (DIVER MAGAZINE AUG '10)
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ON PORT SIDE WITH 75 DEG LIST, STBD SIDE CRUSHED

Position: 51 49.795 N,2 49.035 E

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