Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Mando, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 49 58.506 N,6 20.255 W (49.947816666667, -6.3925666666667)
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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: MANDO
Lengte 128.6 meter, breedte: 17.4 meter, diepgang: 10.4, tonnage 7176 ton
Lading: coal
Oorzaak: ex-stepas darius '47. built in 1944 by j a jones construction co, panama city. three boilers, triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage hampton roads for rotterdam. cargo coal. grounded after engine breakdown. crew recovered. (sibi).
Jaar registratie: 1955
Waterdiepte boven wrak: 25 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 120 cm
Bekend sinds: 1955, laatst gedetecteerd: 2003
Details metingen/cartografie: H927/55 15.3.55 INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION. (LL). NCA. H3110/68 16.5.68 RAF CRANWELL SUB AQUA CLUB REPORTS THE CORRECT POSN OF THE 'MANDO' AS 495827N, 062015W. WRECK DIVED ON. LIES SE/NW. LENGTH ABOUT 400FT. (D A RAY, 7.5.68). CHART AS DW. BR STD. H3542/68 21.5.69 LIBERTY TYPE VESSEL, BUILT IN 1944 AT PANAMA, WAS EN ROUTE HAMPTON ROADS TO ROTTERDAM CARRYING CARGO OF COAL. WRECK IS IN 120FT. THE STERN SECTION IS INTACT WITH PROPELLER STILL ON SHAFT. OTHER SALVAGE WORK HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT. WRECK FAIRLY INTACT. (R EDMONDS, 31.5.69). NCA. 4.9.69 DIVERS HAVE RECOVERED THE 9 TONS PHOSPHOR-BRONZE PROPELLER. (WATER SPORT AND POWER BOAT MAGAZINE, SEPTEMBER 1969). NCA. 26.9.69 DEPTH OF 120FT IS NOT CORRECT. BOWS REPORTED TO BE IN 40FT AND STERN IN 100FT. (D A RAY, 26.9.69). NCA. 20.10.69 LIES APPROXIMATELY NNW/SSE WITH THE STERN TO THE NORTH IN 90FT AND THE BOWS IN 30FT OF WATER. HAS BEEN WELL BROKEN UP. LOCAL DIVERS HAVE CARRIED OUT SALVAGE WORK AND EXPLOSIVES HAVE BEEN EXTENSIVELY USED. IN JUNE 1969 A SPARE PROPELLER OF PHOSPHOR-BRONZE AND ONE BLADE OF THE MAIN PROPELLER ALSO OF PHOSPHOR-BRONZE HAD BEEN RAISED. (RAF ST ATHAN SUB AQUA CLUB REPORT, 9.7.69). NCA. 5.10.70 REPORT AGREES WITH THAT OF 1969. (RAF ST ATHAN SUB AQUA CLUB REPORT, JUNE 1970). NCA. H1280/76/24 29.1.76 WRECK REPORTED IN 495826.4N, 062016.2W. LIES ROUGHLY NNW/SSE WITH HER BOWS TO THE SOUTH. THE BOWS ARE IN ABOUT 30FT OF WATER, THE STERN IN 100FT. MUCH NATURAL COLLAPSE HAS OCCURRED BECAUSE OF SEA ACTION AND CORROSION. A LARGE SECTION OF THE STERN, IN 90-100FT OF WATER, IS STILL IN ONE PIECE, WHEREAS FURTHER FORWARD THE WRECKAGE IS ALMOST FLATTENED. EXPLOSIVES HAVE BEEN USED IN RECENT YEARS TO CARRY OUT SALVAGE ON THE VESSEL. THE BRONZE PROPELLER AND SPARE PROPELLER HAVE BOTH BEEN REMOVED BY LOCAL SALVAGE COMPANY. THE WRECK IS A HAZARD TO SMALL BOATS ANCHORING IN THE AREA. (RAF HONINGTON SUB AQUA EXPEDITION REPORT, 1-15.1.76). NCA. HH100/351/19 18.2.03 LIES IN GEN DEPTHS 15-35MTRS. (J ROSEVEARE, E-MAIL DTD 16.2.03). NCA. HH100/351/20 7.7.03 DIVED JUL'03 IN 4958.506N, 0620.255W [WGD] USING DGPS. LIES IN A GULLEY IN GEN DEPTH 10-40MTRS. HEAVILY BROKEN. MID SECTION WITH BRIDGE MIDSHIPS STANDING UPRIGHT, STERN LIES AT 90DEGS TO REMAINDER OF WRECK WITH RUDDER PROTRUDING HALF WAY THROUGH WRECKAGE. (J ROSEVEARE/G FURSE TELECON 4.7.03). AMEND POSN. BR STD.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: HEAVILY BROKEN, STERN AT 090DEGS TO REST OF WK
Positie: 49 58.506 N,6 20.255 W