This is the information page about the shipwreck Delphic, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 0 N,8 22.5 W (47.791666666667, -8.35)
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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: DELPHIC
Length 145.1 meter, width: 16.8 meter, draught: 11, tonnage 8273 ton
Load: coal
Cause: built in 1897 by harland & woolf. owned at time of loss by white star lines. triple expansion engines of 375nhp for 11knots. torpedoed and sunk by german submarine. passage cardiff for montevideo. cargo coal. 5 lives lost. (dods).
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 950 meter
Known since: 1917
Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 135M SW 1/4 W FROM BISHOP RK OR 480000N, 082230W. (BMVS). NCA. FOR FILING ONLY. 4.11.08 NOT SHOWN ON FRENCH 7211 [4TH EDN' 08, 1:1000,000]. NFA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 48 0 N,8 22.5 W