This is the information page about the shipwreck British monarch, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 45 0 N,11 21 W (45, -11.35)

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: BRITISH MONARCH

Length 128 meter, width: 16.5 meter, draught: 8.8, tonnage 5661 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: built in 1923 by napier & miller. owned at time of loss by raeburn & verel. triple expansion engine of 269nhp for 12knots. passage bougie for glasgow in convoy hgf 34. torpedoed by u-48. (dods, lloyds war losses wwii, axis submarine successes 1939-45).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 4400 meter

Known since: 1940

Details measurements/cartography: 9.1.78 VESSEL SUNK ABOUT 200 MILES NNW OF CORUNNA. (BR MSL WWII, DODS). POSN 450000N, 112100W APPROX. NCA. FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 45 0 N,11 21 W

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