This is the information page about the shipwreck Arkleside, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 2 N,9 22 W (48.183333333333, -9.45)
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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: ARKLESIDE
Length 78.6 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1567 ton
Cause: built in 1924 by osbourne graham & co. owned at time of loss by smith hogg & co. triple expansion engines of 202nhp. shelled and sunk by a german submarine. passage the tyne for gibraltar. (dods).
Water depth above wreck: 2250 meter
Known since: 1939
Details measurements/cartography: SUNK IN 480200N, 092200W. (LL) SUNK IN 480000N, 093000W. (WW2 BMSL). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 48 2 N,9 22 W