This is the information page about the shipwreck Amicus, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 10 N,15 50 W (54.2, -16)

The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, 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: AMICUS

Length 110.3 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 3660 ton

Cause: built in 1925 by northunberland shipbuilding co. owned at time of loss by w h seager & co. triple expansion engine of 369nhp for 11 knots. torpedoed & sunk by italian submarine 'bagnolini'. 36 men lost. (dods & axis submarine successes).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 2850 meter

Known since: 1940

Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 541000N, 155000W. 11.8.87 SINKING POSN AS ABOVE PLOTS IN APPROX 2850MTRS. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). SUNK APPROX 240 MILES W OF BLACKSOD BAY, COUNTY MAYO. (DODS).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 10 N,15 50 W

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