This is the information page about the shipwreck California, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 15.77 N,10 35.29 W (51.389216666667, -10.670116666667)
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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: CALIFORNIA
Length 143.3 meter, width: 17.7 meter, draught: 10.4, tonnage 8669 ton
Cause: torpedoed 38 miles w by s of fastnet. 43 lives lost.
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 155 meter
Known since: 1917
Details measurements/cartography: 20.9.72 TORPEDOED 38 MILES W BY S OF FASTNET. (DODS). POSN 511545N, 103515W. FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 15.77 N,10 35.29 W