This is the information page about the shipwreck Benvorlich, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 48 N,13 10 W (55, -13.166666666667)

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: BENVORLICH

Length 121.9 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 5193 ton
Load: armament,general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1919 by chas connel & co. owned at time of loss by ben line. triple expansion engine of 675nhp for 12 knots. passage middlesbrough for the far east. bombed & sunk by a condor bomber. 19 of 52 crew lost. (dods & wartime standard ships).

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 2920 meter

Known since: 1941

Details measurements/cartography: 10.8.87 10.8.87 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 544800N, 131000W. (WW2SL & WARTIME STANDARD SHIPS). NCA, TOO DEEP AND POSN TOO VAGUE TO CHART.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 48 N,13 10 W

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