This is the information page about the shipwreck Umdali mendi (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 42.904 N,5 39.092 W (50.0231, -5.67265)
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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: UMDALI MENDI (POSSIBLY)
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 88 meter, Height above seabed: 20 cm
Known since: 1918, last detected: 1988
Details measurements/cartography: 12.3.18 12.3.18 LAST SEEN AFLOAT IN 494500N, 053500W. (AP FALMOUTH). H2979/74 13.7.78 H2979/74 13.7.78 TWO FFS IN 494311N, 053823W [OGB] AND 494304N, 053846W [OGB]. POSNS BY DECCA. (E GILES, 16.5.77). H1310/82 3.8.82 H1310/82 3.8.82 WK, STANDING 4MTRS ABOVE SEABED, IN 494304N, 053846W [OGB] USING DECCA. (S N GLINSKI, 15.7.82). CHART AS WK 84MTRS. R/P. 10.7.85 10.7.85 REPD TO STAND 4FMS ABOVE SEABED IN 494306N, 053857W USING DECCA. (C WILLIAMS, RECORDED TAPE). NCA YET. H6501/87 7.3.89 H6501/87 7.3.89 EXAM'D 14.11.88 IN 494252N, 053902W [OGB] USING 4-RANGE TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 68 IN GEN DEPTH 88MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 19.1MTRS, SHADOW HT 8.6MTRS. LARGE, SLIGHTLY BROKEN WK, LYING 020/200DEGS. LENGTH 70MTRS, BEAM 24MTRS. MOST OF WK STANDS 4MTRS ABOVE SEABED BUT AN OBSTN [POSSIBLY NETS] DETECTED AMIDSHIPS ON BOTH HYDROSEARCH AND E/S STANDS 16MTRS ABOVE WK. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 430). AMEND TO WK 68MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
- NM 942/89.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: LARGE, SLIGHTLY BROKEN WK
Position: 49 42.904 N,5 39.092 W