This is the information page about the shipwreck Atos (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 4.109 N,7 1.719 W (55.8363, -6.8375666666667)
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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: ATOS (PROBABLY)
Length 89 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2161 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: built in 1902. torpedoed & sunk by german submarine u 57. owned at time of loss by a borjesson. passage liverpool & glasgow to petsamo.
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 90 meter, Height above seabed: 120 cm
Known since: 1940, last detected: 1985
Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 H01001/40 POSN 560000N, 070000W APPROX. (ADMIRALTY). NCA. H2317/85 2.12.85 H2317/85 2.12.85 WK EXAM'D 3.7.85 IN 560407N, 070140W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 88 IN GEN DEPTH 90MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HEIGHT 1.5MTRS, LENGTH 80-90MTRS, WIDTH 7-8MTRS. HAS LITTLE HEIGHT & IS LYING 120/300DEGS, EITHER IN TWO PARTS OR WITH CENTRE SECTION COVERED WITH SEDIMENT. (BUE SUBSEA, HI 262B). BR STD. 28.1.13 28.1.13 [WGD] POSN: 5604.109N, 0701.719W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: PROBABLY IN TWO PARTS
Position: 56 4.109 N,7 1.719 W