This is the information page about the shipwreck City of mandalay, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 44 57 N,13 36 W (44.95, -13.6)
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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: CITY OF MANDALAY
Length 135 meter, width: 17.7 meter, draught: 9.8, tonnage 7028 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: built in 1925 by swan, hunter & wigham richardson. owned at time of loss by ellerman lines. passage saigon & port swettenham for le havre, london, dunkirk & clyde in convoy hg3. torpedoed by u-46. cargo included: rubber, sago, hemp, tea & mats. (dods, lloyds war losses wwii, axis submarine successes 1939-45).
Year of registration: 1939
Water depth above wreck: 2500 meter
Known since: 1939, last detected: 1977
Details measurements/cartography: H095/39 5.1.40 VESSEL SUNK IN 445500N, 143500W APPROX. (LLOYDS LIST & NID). NCA. FOR FILING ONLY. 20.12.77 TORPEDOED IN 445700N, 133600W APPROX. (BR MSL WW2, AXIS SUB SUCCESSES). OTHER POSN QUOTED: 450000N, 142600W; 445200N, 143500W. (LLOYDS). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 44 57 N,13 36 W