This is the information page about the shipwreck Cedarbank, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 62 49 N,4 10 E (62.816666666667, 4.1666666666667)
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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: CEDARBANK
Length 128 meter, width: 16.5 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 5159 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: built in 1924. owned at time of loss by bank line. passage leith for aalesund. attacked by german bombers & sunk. (dods). torpedoed by u-26. (ww2sl, ll ww2, britain's sea war & axis submarine successes).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 500 meter
Known since: 1940
Details measurements/cartography: 22.12.77 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 624900N, 041000E. (WW2SL, AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES & LL WW2). LL ALSO GIVES POSN AS 625400N, 043600E. NCA. FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 62 49 N,4 10 E