This is the information page about the shipwreck Zafiris, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 38.305 N,4 54.168 W (54.638416666667, -4.9028)

 

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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.

 

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Name: ZAFIRIS

Length 90.4 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 5.9, tonnage 1600 ton
Load: grain

Cause: built in 1945 by a/b lindholmens varv, gothenburg. owned at time of loss by alexander shipping corporation. passage rouen for belfast. ran aground during foggy weather. badly holed and awash, was abandoned as ctl. one man lost. (ll).

Year of registration: 1965

Water depth above wreck: 8 meter

Known since: 1965, last detected: 1982

Details measurements/cartography: H1995/55 18.12.65 H1995/55 18.12.65 ASHORE IN 543830N, 045500W. (LL). 31.3.69 31.3.69 BEING SALVAGED IN SLOW TIME. TOPS OF MASTS SHOW AT LW. (PORTPATRICK CG, MAR 1969). INS AS DW IN 543827N, 045500W. BR STD. H1285/82/226 21.10.82 H1285/82/226 21.10.82 CORRECT POSN IS 543822N, 045400W [OGB]. DIVED THIS WK MANY TIMES. (P C MILLER, 18.10.82). NCA YET. H1285/82/226 12.11.82 H1285/82/226 12.11.82 LIES IN GEN DEPTH 8MTRS WITH HEIGHT OF 3MTRS. NO DANGER TO INSHORE CRAFT. (P C MILLER, 6.11.82). AMEND TO WK 5MTRS IN 543818N, 045406. BR STD. [WGD] POSN: 5438.305N, 0454.168W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 38.305 N,4 54.168 W

 

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