This is the information page about the shipwreck Calafatis, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 40 N,13 40 W (55.5, -13.666666666667)
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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: CALAFATIS
Length 109.7 meter, width: 15.5 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 4443 ton
Cause: built in 1917 by uraga dock co. owned at time of loss by the executors of the late c d calafatis. triple expansion engine of 378nhp. bombed & sunk by german aircraft in n atlantic. (dods & ww2sl).
Year of registration: 1941
Water depth above wreck: 2600 meter
Known since: 1941
Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 H01001/40 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 562700N, 134000W. 4.8.87 4.8.87 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 554000N, 143500W. (WW2SL & DODS).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 55 40 N,13 40 W