This is the information page about the shipwreck Zone (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 16.419 N,5 29.368 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)
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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: ZONE (PROBABLY)
Length 109.7 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 3914 ton
Load: foodstuffs: preserved,animals (land & sea) and birds
Cause: built in 1903 by j.l.thompson & sons, sunderland. owned at time of loss by turner & brightman. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 438 nhp, single shaft. machinery by blair & co, stockton-on-tees. passage las palmas & boulogne for barry. torpedoed by u-110. (ww1sl & sibi).
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 26 meter, Height above seabed: 103 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 2010
Details measurements/cartography: H5759/18 5.10.18 H5759/18 5.10.18 SUNK 3M NNE OF ST. IVES HEAD. (SNO FALMOUTH). 25.10.18 25.10.18 INS AS WK [OLD SYMBOL] IN 501605N, 052808W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).
- NM 1281/18. H2537/28 28.8.28 H2537/28 & H4337/28 28.8.28 AMEND TO DW PA (1918). (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. H4703/30 17.7.30 H4703/30 17.7.30 POSN 501600N, 052902W. DEPTH 9FMS. (HMS BEAUFORT). AMEND TO WK 9FMS [16.8MTRS] IN NEW POSN. BA 777. 27.9.72 27.9.72 IDENTIFIED AS WK OF LUTECE AND BOUGHT BY LYONESSE SALVAGE. (MR RODGERS, LYONESSE SALVAGE CO, ST IVES). POSN GIVEN SUSPECT. SEE [16400]. H2959/73 11.7.73 H2959/73 11.7.73 POSN APPROX 501627N, 052912W USING DECCA. OWNED BY A SALVAGE CO. BELIEVED WK OF SS ZONE FROM SIZE AND SPECIAL COOLING SYSTEM. LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY. (E GILES, 21.6.73). AMEND TO REVISED POSN. BR STD. H2326/75 28.10.76 H2326/75 28.10.76 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER AND FIXED IN 501621.7N, 052913.7W USING DECCA. (E GILES, 18.5.76). NCA. HH100/351/01 23.10.89 HH100/351/01 23.10.89 DIVED ON AUGUST 1989 IN 501618.5N, 052915.5W USING DECCA. WELL BROKEN AND SCATTERED OVER A LARGE AREA. NOTHING STANDS MORE THAN 1MTR HIGH. APPARENTLY WELL 'SALVAGED' BY AMATEUR DIVERS. (M R ROWLEY,17.9.89). NCA. HH100/351/04 18.3.91 HH100/351/04 18.3.91 DIVED ON IN 501621.5N, 052917W APPROX USING DECCA. STANDS 4MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS [LW NEAPS]. VERY BROKEN, BOWS WITH WINCHES AND CABLE, ENGINES AND PROPELLER AND SHAFT ARE STILL RECOGNISABLE. (R A MAPPLEBECK, 6.1.91). NCA YET. HH100/351/14 13.11.98 HH100/351/14 13.11.98 DIVED IN 501623.5N, 052923.5W [OGB] USING GPS. LOCATED WITH MAGNETOMETER. REASONABLY FLATTENED AND SCATTERED OVER A LARGE AREA. HIGHEST POINT IS THE THREE HUGH BOILERS. TWO PROP SHAFTS AND SUPPORTS INTACT. BROKEN IRON PROP ATTACHED TO ONE SHAFT. SPARE(?) PROP ON SEABED 100MTRS AWAY. MANY SHIP'S FITTINGS AND MUCH NON FERROUS METAL STILL PRESENT. (G J LOCKETT, 11.11.98). BR STD.POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE 26.7.06 26.7.06 [EUT] POSN: 5016.426N, 0529.452W. BA 1168 [3RD EDN, JUL '02]. 15.12.11 15.12.11 LOCATED 20.3.10 IN 5016.419N, 0529.368W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.36 IN GEN DEPTH 26.6MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 46.9MTRS, WIDTH 11.3MTRS, HT 5.24MTRS. LIES 103/293 DEGS WTH BOWS E. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). AMEND WK 21MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: APPARENTLY WELL BROKEN UP
Position: 50 16.419 N,5 29.368 W