This is the information page about the shipwreck City of simla, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 56.166 N,8 9.891 W (55.799933333333, -7.9008)

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: CITY OF SIMLA

Length 145.4 meter, width: 17.7 meter, draught: 12.2, tonnage 10138 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,personnel

Cause: built in 1921 by w grey & co, west hartlepool. owned at time of loss by ellerman lines. quadruple turbines for 13.5 knots. passage london for cape town & bombay. torpedoed by u-138 and sank a day later. of 183 crew and 167 passengers only 3 lives were lost.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 175 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 H01001/40 SUNK IN POSN 555500N, 082000W. (TRADE DIV REPORT). H095/39 5.2.41 H095/39 POSN 555700N, 081900W BUT 555500N, 082000W ACCEPTED. (C IN C W APPRS, 5.2.41). H1768/67 6.9.67 H1768/67 6.9.67 INS AS NDWPA. NC 2723. H3740/69 9.7.69 H3740/69 9.7.69 55 FEET HIGH IN 575FT. A VERY GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN ALL DIRECTIONS. LYING UPSIDE DOWN WITH STERN BLOWN OFF. (RISDON BEAZLEY 4.7.69). H7723/68 6.3.69 H7723/68 6.3.69 LOCATED IN 555612N, 080956W [OGB] USING LAMBDA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 521FT IN GEN DEPTH 569FT. SCOUR 574FT. EXCELLENT ALL-ROUND SONAR CONTACT. (HMS HYDRA, K5483/10). INS AS 86FMS OR WK 156MTRS BR STD. H7723/68 6.3.69 H7723/68 6.3.69 AMEND TO WK 87FMS. BR STD. 17.7.70 17.7.70 AMEND TO WK 86FMS. LC F6622 6.9.82 6.9.82 AMEND WK PA 156MTRS TO WK 156MTRS. NE 2723. 16.4.07 16.4.07 LOCATED IN 5556.166N, 0809.891W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 175MTRS. LENGTH 107MTRS, WIDTH 29MTRS, HT 20.4MTRS. (INSS SURVEY 1999-2005). LIES 135/315 DEGS. INTACT. AMEND WK 153MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 16.4.08 16.4.08 SHOWN WITH LEAST DEPTH 150MTRS IN DIGITAL BATHY DATA FOR INSS SURVEY 1999-2005. AMEND WK 150MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, INVERTED, STERN MISSING

Position: 55 56.166 N,8 9.891 W

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