This is the information page about the shipwreck Cometa (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 60 11.1 N,4 39.633 W (60.299383333333, -4.8681)

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: COMETA (POSSIBLY)

Length 111.9 meter, width: 15.5 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 3794 ton

Cause: built in 1921 by burmeister & wain. owned at time of loss by det bergenske dampskibsselskab. oil engine of 629nhp. torpedoed by u-38 outside kirkwall. (dods).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 510 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK IN 600600N, 043600W. (LLOYDS, N.I.D & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). H4473/70 26.9.80 WK LOCATED IN 601106N, 043938W [WGC]. NOT INVESTIGATED. LEAST DEPTH 499MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 510MTRS. (HMS HECLA, DTD 12.8.80). TOO DEEP TO CHART. NCA. 11.5.05 SHOWN AS NDW IN 6011.100N, 0439.633E [WGD] IN GEN DEPTH 330MTRS. (CHART BRANCH DECISION). NE 288. 15.8.07 INCORRECTLY DATABASED EAST INSTEAD OF WEST. DELETE FROM BA 288. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 60 11.1 N,4 39.633 W

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