This is the information page about the shipwreck Cabotia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 16 N,11 16 W (55.5, -11)
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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: CABOTIA
Length 117.3 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 4309 ton
Load: animals (land & sea) and birds,natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products,wood: unprocessed and products
Cause: donaldson line vessel, built 1900, was captured & sunk by gunfire from german submarine u-69 whilst en-route montreal to manchester.
Year of registration: 1916
Water depth above wreck: 2700 meter
Known since: 1916, last detected: 1975
Details measurements/cartography: 4.2.75 4.2.75 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 551600N, 111600W. (NAVAL STAFF MONOGRAPHS VOL.17). 21.2.75 21.2.75 SUNK APPROX 120 MILES WNW FROM TORY ISLAND, NORTHERN IRELAND. (DODS & WW1SL). PLOTS IN 2700 MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 55 16 N,11 16 W