Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Christos markettos, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 50 17.497 N,5 36.892 W (50.291617, -5.614867)

De teksten bij dit scheepswrak zijn in het engels 🇬🇧, omdat deze worden opgesteld door het UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) op basis van de gegevens van de hydrografische diensten van onder meer Nederland, België en Duitsland. Ze bevatten de bekende details van het wrak en de opmerkingen van de cartografen die in de loop der tijden de positie en de toestand van het wrak hebben gecontroleerd.

Naam: CHRISTOS MARKETTOS

Lengte 98.2 meter, breedte: 12.7 meter, diepgang: 6.3, tonnage 3048 ton
Lading: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Oorzaak: ex-cheltonian, ex-glenvich. built in 1892 by ropner & son, stockton-on-tees for the glens ss co ltd (lindsay, gracie & co), leith. owned at time of loss by ferrovia della stat (italian state railways) having been requistioned. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 273 nhp, single shaft. machinery by blair & co, stockton. passage bilbao for newport. torpedoed by u-95.

Jaar registratie: 1918

Waterdiepte boven wrak: 32 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 157 cm

Bekend sinds: 1918, laatst gedetecteerd: 2010

Details metingen/cartografie: SUNK APPROX 4M NW OF GURNARDS HEAD. (LL WW1). H6391/19 CHART AS WK 10FMS IN 501730N, 053830W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).

- NM 674/20. H2537/28 28.8.28 NOW CHARTED AS WK 10FMS 1918. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BA 777. H5872/52 19.11.53 NOW CHARTED AS WK 10FMS [18.3MTRS]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) NC 1149. H2959/73 11.7.73 NOTHING FOUND IN 501730N, 053830W BUT WK, BELIEVED TO BE THE GEMINI FROM ITS SIZE, LOCATED USING MAGNETOMETER IN 501730N, 053648W USING DECCA. BOILERS 12FT HIGH, ENGINE 14FT. ENTIRELY FLATTENED AND SCATTERED, LYING NNW/SSE. NO SIGN OF CARGO. (E.GILES) CHART AS WK 25MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/14 13.11.98 DIVED IN 501727.5N, 053649W [OGB] USING GPS. DIFFICULT TO FIND WITHOUT MAGNETOMETER DUE TO LARGE REEFS IN THE VICINITY. SUPERSTRUCTURE ON SEABED BESIDE REMAINDER OF HULL PLATING. TWO BOILERS, ENGINE AND PROP SHAFT STILL RECOGNISABLE AND REASONABLY INTACT. HIGHEST POINT IS TOP OF ENGINE. 'LIVE' 12 POUNDER SHELL FOUND AT STERN, NO SIGN OF GUN AND NO VISIBLE MARKINGS ON SHELL. WELL SALVAGED. (G J LOCKETT, 11.11.98). AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/19 1.10.02 DIVED 28.9.02 WITH BOW POSN: 5017.525N, 0536.898W & STERN POSN: 5017.484N, 0536.867W [WGD] USING DGPS. ORIENTATION 335.5/155.5DEGS. LENGTH 83MTRS. 1 VERTICAL AND 1 HORIZONTAL BOILER, 2 CYLINDER ENGINE, WITH 1FT DIAMETER PROPSHAFT. 2 LARGE WINCHES AFT OF BOILERS ON PORT SIDE. BOW FLATTENED AND UNRECOGNISABLE. HIGHEST POINT IS BOILERS & ENGINE STANDING 4.5MTRS. SEABED DEPTH AT LW NEAPS 33.8MTRS. BRIDGE FLATTENED, HULL IN PIECES. WK IS OF WW1 VINTAGE. (J ROSEVEARE/G FURSE, TELECON 30.9.02) NCA. 16.12.09 TWO BRASS VALVES RECOVERED FROM MIDDLE CYLINDER WITH MARKINGS: 'M1144'. RESEARCH CONFIRMS THAT BLAIR & ENGINE NUMBER 1144 WAS FITTED TO GLENVECH AT BUILD. VALVES IDENTICAL WITH THOSE FITTED TO 'ZONE', THUS CONFIRMING ENGINE MANUFACTURER TO BE BLAIR AND THIS WK TO BE CHRISTOS MARKETTOS. (G J LOCKETT, PERSONAL VISIT). NCA. 16.12.11 LOCATED 19.3.10 IN 5017.497N, 0536.892W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 27.17 IN GEN DEPTH 32.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 95.5MTRS, WIDTH 18.8MTRS, HT 4.83MTRS. LIES 157/337 DEGS WITH BOWS NW. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). AMEND WK 27MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: FLATTENED, ENGINE/BOILER HIGHEST, AMONGST REEFS

Positie: 50 17.497 N,5 36.892 W

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