Wreck: Ampleforth (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Ampleforth, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 10 N,10 40 W (56.166666666667, -10.666666666667)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: AMPLEFORTH
Length 121.9 meter, width: 16.2 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 4576 ton
Cause: built 1929. was torpedoed & sunk by u-101 whilst en-route hull to jacksonville. owned attime of loss by charles cravos & co.
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 2350 meter
Known since: 1940
Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 18.11.40 H01001/40 18.11.40 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 561000N, 104000W. (O.U 6353/40). 4.8.87 4.8.87 SINKING POSN AS ABOVE PLOTS IN APPROX 2350 MTRS. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 56 10 N,10 40 W
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