This is the information page about the shipwreck Atos, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 56.702 N,7 19.849 W (49.7, -7.3)
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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
Length 89 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2161 ton
Cause: torpedoed by german submarine whilst en route from liverpool & glasgow to petsamo. 1 life lost. (ll ww2).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 117 meter
Known since: 1940, last detected: 2007
Details measurements/cartography: H4847/71 10.5.72 H4847/71 10.5.72 WK IN 495640N, 071948W [OGB] USING DECCA. SEABED 384FT. HT OF WRECK 24FT. (RISDON BEAZLEY, ULRICH HARMS, NO.52, 13.4.72). CHART AS WK 59FMS [108MTRS]. BR STD. 19.7.07 19.7.07 NOT LOCATED WITHIN 0.5 MILES. (D BRYDON, LTR DTD 17.7.07). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 49 56.702 N,7 19.849 W