This is the information page about the shipwreck Arthur f corwin, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 60 25 N,17 11 W (60.416666666667, -17.183333333333)

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: ARTHUR F CORWIN

Length 149.4 meter, width: 21.3 meter, draught: 11.3, tonnage 10516 ton

Cause: built in 1938 by blohm & voss. owned at time of loss by oriental tankers. oil engine of 912bhp for 12 knots. torpedoed by u-126 & u-96. crew lost. (dods & axis submarine successes).

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 2550 meter

Known since: 1941

Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 602500N, 171100W. 23.7.87 SINKING POSN AS ABOVE. PLOTS IN OVER 2500MTRS. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). SUNK 200 MILES DUE N OF ROCKALL. (DODS).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 60 25 N,17 11 W

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