This is the information page about the shipwreck Appalachee, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 30 N,20 0 W (54.5, -20)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: APPALACHEE
Length 145.4 meter, width: 19.2 meter, draught: 10.4, tonnage 8826 ton
Cause: built in 1030 by palmers' co. owned at time of loss by anglo-american oil tanker co. oil engine of 785nhp. torpedoed by u-101. (dods & axis submarine successes).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 1100 meter
Known since: 1940, last detected: 1987
Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 543000N, 200000W. 11.8.87 SINKING POSN AS ABOVE. (WW2SL, DODS & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 54 30 N,20 0 W