This is the information page about the shipwreck Benjamin franklin, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 50 N,16 30 W (58.833333333333, -16.5)

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: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

Length 137.8 meter, width: 18 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 7034 ton

Cause: built in 1927 by ch & atel del st nazaire. owned at time of loss by a/s gander rolf. torpedoed & sunk by u-103. (dods & axis submarine successes).

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 1100 meter

Known since: 1941, last detected: 1987

Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 H01001/40 SINKING POSN 585000N, 163000W. 27.7.87 27.7.87 SINKING POSN AS ABOVE PLOTS IN OVER 1100 MTRS. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 58 50 N,16 30 W

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