This is the information page about the shipwreck Cape nelson, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 59 30 N,21 0 W (59.5, -21)

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: CAPE NELSON

Length 99.1 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 3807 ton

Cause: built in 1929 by lithghows. triple expansion engine of 389nhp. passage hull for new york. torpedoed & sunk by u-95. (dods & axis submarine successes).

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 2800 meter

Known since: 1941

Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 593000N, 210000W. 24.7.87 SINKING POSN AS ABOVE. PLOTS IN GEN DEPTH OF 2800 MTRS. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 59 30 N,21 0 W

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