This is the information page about the shipwreck Assyrian, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 11.98 N,10 43.025 W (57.199666666667, -10.717083333333)
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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: ASSYRIAN
Length 101.2 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 2962 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: built 1914. was torpedoed & sunk by u 101, whilst en-route new orleans to liverpool.
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 2200 meter
Known since: 1940
Details measurements/cartography: 31.7.87 31.7.87 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 571200N, 104300W, PLOTS IN OVER 2200MTRS. (DODS, WW2SL, LL WW2, AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 57 11.98 N,10 43.025 W