This is the information page about the shipwreck Baron blythswood, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 0 N,23 0 W (56.2, -23)
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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: BARON BLYTHSWOOD
Length 106.7 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 3668 ton
Cause: built in 1929 by lithgows. owned at time of loss by kelvin shipping (h hogarth & sons). triple expansion engine of 249nhp for 11 knots. torpedoed by u 99. (dods, axis submarine successes).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 1900 meter
Known since: 1940
Details measurements/cartography: 10.2.96 10.2.96 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 560000N, 230000W. (DODS, AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 56 0 N,23 0 W