Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Mendi, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 50 27.495 N,1 20.049 W (50.458250, -1.334150)

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: MENDI

Lengte 112.8 meter, breedte: 14 meter, diepgang: 7, tonnage 4230 ton
Lading: personnel

Oorzaak: built in 1905 by a stephens & sons, glasgow. owned at time of loss by british & african steam navigation co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 424nhp for 11.5 knots, single shaft. passage plymouth for le havre with 806 officers and men of an african labour batallion embarked and 88 crew. while steaming dead slow in dense fog with no navigation lights, but sounding the correct fog signal, was struck on stbd side by the liner 'darro' which was also steaming without lights. sank with loss of 607 men of the regiment and 29 crew. darro did not stop to pick up survivors owing to the danger from enemy submarines. (dods, ww1sl & sibi).

Jaar registratie: 1917

Waterdiepte boven wrak: 36 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 89 cm

Bekend sinds: 1917, laatst gedetecteerd: 2020

Details metingen/cartografie: H0121/45 4.4.45 WK, APPROX 100FT LONG, LOCATED IN APPROX 502648N, 011936W. PROBABLY A LIGHTER. (PORTSMOUTH LIST, 22.3.45). 5.4.45 SONAR CONTACT IN APPROX 502648N, 011936W. (AUBD 304/56). 7.8.53 CHART AS NDWPA IN 502648N, 011936W. BR STD. H6886/55 15.12.55 WK LOCATED IN 502728N, 011954W USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11 IN GEN DEPTH 19FMS. GIVES GOOD A/S RESPONSE. (HMS SCOTT). CHART AS WK 11FMS [20MTRS] IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/05 18.2.92 HAS BEEN DIVED MANY TIMES SINCE 1974. IDENTIFIED POSITIVELY AS WK OF THE 'MENDI'. (M WOODWARD, OFFSHORE MARINE SERVICES LTD, 3.2.92). HH090/962/01 6.12.02 EXAM'D 24.7.02 IN 5027.497N, 0120.048W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 28.9 IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 121MTRS, WIDTH 31MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.5MTRS. LIES 085/265 DEGS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. PARTIALLY INTACT. ON ITS SIDE WITH TWO SMALL AREAS OF DEBRIS TO THE N. (GARDLINE, HI 962). AMEND TO WK 28MTRS. BR STD. H090/962/01 11.11.03 SWEPT CLEAR 29.7, FOUL 30.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 27.7MTRS. (GARDLINE, HI 962). AMEND TO SW 29.5MTRS. BR STD. 7.4.17 STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, DEFENCE NO 147/2017. COMING INTO FORCE 3.3.17. AMEND "HISTORIC". SEP 2017/000014724 11.5.17 EXAM'D 11.02.17; IN 5027.495N, 0120.049W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 29.07MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS, LENGTH 115MTRS, WIDTH 26MTRS, HEIGHT 7.25MTRS, ORIENTATION 265/085 DEGS. DEBRIS FIELD LENGTH 24MTRS, TOWARDS 015 DEGS. WRECK PARTIALLY INTACT. (HMSML GLEANER, SNT 01/17). AMEND NDW 29MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2020/000123102 4.10.21 EXAM’D 3.10.20 IN 5027.495N, 0120.050W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 28.56MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. LENGTH 120MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 7.7MTRS. ORIENTATION 089/269 DEGS. LARGELY INTACT THOUGH STARTING TO BREAK APART. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1586). AMEND DW 28.5MTRS.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office

Positie: 50 27.495 N,1 20.049 W

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