This is the information page about the shipwreck Argentina (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 36.97 N,7 7.077 E (57.574333333333, 6.9318333333333)
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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: ARGENTINA (POSSIBLY)
Length 128 meter, width: 17.1 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 5277 ton
Load: natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products,foodstuffs: solid,grain
Cause: owned at time of loss by rederi a/b nordstjernan. passage buenos aires & santos for gothenburg. mined 30m sw of christiansand. (dods, ww2sl & ll ww2).
Year of registration: 1942
Water depth above wreck: 280 meter
Known since: 1942, last detected: 1976
Details measurements/cartography: SWEDISH MVS ARGENTINA & UDDEHOLM MINED IN 573900N, 071000E. (WW2SL & LL WW2). 12.5.71 NDW SHOWN IN 573700N, 070710E ON NOR 306 [CORRECT TO 22.12.70]. 19.10.76 SHOWN AS NDW IN DEPTHS OF 300MTRS ON W GER 63. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 57 36.97 N,7 7.077 E