This is the information page about the shipwreck Bertha, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 39 49.94 N,23 29.96 E (39.549, 23.716)
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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: BERTHA
Length 83.5 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1810 ton
Cause: vessel, [formerly french 'bacchus'], built 1922 by p smit jnr. owned at time of loss by the german government. triple expansion engine of 239nhp. was torpedoed & sunk by allied submarine 40m n of skiathos, northern sporades. (dods).
Year of registration: 1944
Water depth above wreck: 370 meter
Known since: 1944
Details measurements/cartography: 20.9.72 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 40M N OF SKIATHOS, NORTHERN SPORADES. (DODS). NCA, PLOTS IN 395000N, 233000E APPROX.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 39 49.94 N,23 29.96 E