This is the information page about the shipwreck Bilbster, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 43 20 N,13 20 W (43.333333333333, -13.333333333333)

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: BILBSTER

Length 108.2 meter, width: 15.5 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 4478 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1908 by richadson, duck & co. owned at time of loss by a h & e gunn as an admiralty collier. triple expansion engine of 355nhp. passage newport for gibraltar. sank when she was involved in a collision. (dods).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 5000 meter

Known since: 1917

Details measurements/cartography: 20.9.72 20.9.72 SANK IN 432000N, 132000W APPROX. (DODS). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 43 20 N,13 20 W

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