This is the information page about the shipwreck Cheyenne, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 20 N,13 30 W (50.183333333333, -13.25)
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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: CHEYENNE
Length 145.4 meter, width: 19.5 meter, draught: 10.7, tonnage 8825 ton
Load: chemicals
Cause: built in 1930 by palmers' co. owned at time of loss ango-american oil co. oil eingine of 785nhp. passage aruba for swansea. sunk by gunfire & torpedo from u-53. (dods & axis submarine successes, which states abandoned vessel was sunk by british destoyers).
Year of registration: 1939
Water depth above wreck: 2700 meter
Known since: 1939, last detected: 1987
Details measurements/cartography: H034/39 15.9.39 H034/39 15.9.39 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 502200N, 132100W. NO ACTION. 3.7.87 3.7.87 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 502000N, 133000W. (AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES & WW2SL). SANK 150 MILES SW OF FASTNET. (DODS). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 50 20 N,13 30 W