Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Mohegan, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 50 2.736 N,5 2.586 W (50.045600, -5.043100)

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: MOHEGAN

Lengte 147 meter, breedte: 15.9 meter, diepgang: 9.5, tonnage 6889 ton
Lading: general and mixed goods

Oorzaak: ex-cleopatra. built in 1898 by earle & co, kingston-upon-hull. owned at time of loss by atlantic transport co. four boilers, triple expansion engine of 894 nhp, single shaft. passage london for new york. was badly off course and struck maen voes rock and foundered within 15mins. 106 of the 149 passengers and crew onboard were lost. (dods & sibi).

Jaar registratie: 1964

Waterdiepte boven wrak: 20 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 10 cm

Bekend sinds: 1964, laatst gedetecteerd: 2013

Details metingen/cartografie: H2132/62 12.3.64 LOCATED IN 500243N, 050236W [OGB] APPROX. LIES N/S IN 60FT OF WATER. HIGHEST PART OF WK ARE THE BOILERS, IN CENTRE OF WK, AND WHICH STAND ABOUT 15FT HIGH. MUCH WRECKAGE STREWN ABOUT. (R. DAVIS). NCA. 24.11.70 WRECKAGE LIES IN 60FT ON SEAWARD SIDE OF VASE RK. (R DAVIS & R LARN). NCA. H1288/83/361 19.3.84 DIVED ON IN 1982. LIES IN 500302N, 050204W [OGB]. COMPLETELY FLATTENED, PLATE ON PLATE, WITH BOW FACING W. STANDS 4MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS. (S HUMPHREY). POSN APPEARS TO BE TOO FAR TO E FOR GEN DEPTH QUOTED. FILE IN 500302N, 050216W. HH090/521/01 27.1.92 NOT EXAM'D DUE TO PROXIMITY OF ROCKS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 521). NCA. 6.7.98 STATED AS LYING ON VARSES ROCK. (CORNISH SHIPWRECKS). STATED AS LYING ON OUTSIDE OF VOICES IN 500240N, 050233W. (DIVER GUIDE TO SOUTH CORNWALL). POSNS GIVEN DIFFER TOO MUCH TO CHART. 27.11.98 DIVED ON 14.10.98, CENTENARY OF VESSEL'S SINKING. 'VAST BOILERS LIE VISIBLE AMONG PLATES AND METAL SPARS IN 26MTRS OF WATER. A LOT OF THE SHIP HAS COLLAPSED'. (DIVER MAGAZINE, DEC '98). NCA. 4.10.99 WELL BROKEN AND EXTENSIVELY SALVAGED IN THE PAST. HALF OF REMAINS OF ENGINE PROJECT ABOVE GENERAL LEVEL OF WRECKAGE, FORWARD OF THE ENGINE ARE 3 LARGE BOILERS. (DIVER MAGAZINE OCT '99). HH100/351/15 16.2.00 LOCATED IN 5002.736N, 0502.586W [WGD] USING DGPS. MIN DEPTH 18MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS BY DEPTH GAUGE. LENGTH 160MTRS, WK TOO BROKEN UP TO ESTIMATE WIDTH. HT BY DEPTH GAUGE 4.5MTRS. LIES NNE/SSW WITH BOWS SSW. SEABED ROCK & SAND. THE BOILERS STAND AS THE HIGHEST PART OF THE WK. 1984 DESCRIPTION CORRECT. (J ROSEVEARE). INS AS WK 18MTRS. BR STD. 26.4.13 LOCATED 6.3.13 IN 5002.748N, 0502.662W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.12 IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 55.5MTRS, WIDTH 18.2MTRS. LIES 010/190 DEGS. CONFIRMED TO BE 60MTRS W OF PREVIOUS LISTED POSN. BROKEN UP WITH 4 BOILERS CLEARLY REMAINING. (NETSURVEY, HI 1406). PLOTS IN GEN DEPTH 5MTRS ON ROCKY PATCH. POSN CONSIDERED INCORRECT. RETAIN WK 18MTRS IN 5002.736N, 0502.586W.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: VERY BROKEN UP, BOWS SSW, 4 BOILERS VISIBLE

Positie: 50 2.736 N,5 2.586 W

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