This is the information page about the shipwreck Botwey, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 42 N,9 58 W (55.7, -9.9666666666667)
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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: BOTWEY
Length 128 meter, width: 16.2 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 5106 ton
Cause: torpedoed by submarine on voyage from mersey to port sulphur.
Water depth above wreck: 2100 meter
Known since: 1941
Details measurements/cartography: SUNK IN POSN 554200N, 095800W. (DSNE 693).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 55 42 N,9 58 W