This is the information page about the shipwreck Derna, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 43 24.655 N,4 9.759 E (43.48445, 4.1099)

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: DERNA

Length 83.2 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 5.4, tonnage 1769 ton

Cause: vessel, built 1912 by cantieri navali ruiniti. owned at time of loss by 'tirrenia' soc. anon. de nav.. on passage from toulon to barcelona. requisitioned by italian government. torpedoed and sunk by british submarine hms taurus sunk 14m s of le grau du roi. (italian war losses).

Year of registration: 1943

Water depth above wreck: 33 meter

Known since: 1943, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: H02224/43 27.7.43 H02224/43 27.7.43 ITALIAN SHIP, POSSIBLY SS 'DERNA', SUNK IN 432448N, 041048E, APPROX. (HMS TAURUS PATROL REPORT [M.03864/43] 27.2.43 TO 18.3.43). CHART AS NDW PA. - FNM 1582/43. 12.4.77 12.4.77 SHOWN AS NDW PA ON FRENCH 1303 [NOV'76 EDN]. NCA. H4693/71 23.8.83 23.8.83 MAY BE WK REPD IN 432600N, 041018E [WK NO. 35516].H4693/71 2.10.84 WK 23.6MTRS IN 432438N, 040943E. (FRENCH NM 84/27/42). AMEND TO WK 23MTRS.

- NM 2725/84. 14.11.88 14.11.88 NOW SHOWN AS WK 23.5MTRS ON NE 1705. HH354/520/04 14.7.05 HH354/520/04 14.7.05 NOW WKS USC 20MTRS. (FRENCH CHART 7053).

- NM 3264/05. 7.7.08 SEP 2008/000056902 7.7.08 RECORD REVIEWED, WK 23.5MTRS IN 4324.655N, 0409.759E [WGD] & WK USC 20MTRS IN 4324.736N, 0409.874E [WGD] SHOWN ON FRENCH 7053 [JAN 05' EDN]. THIS RECORD AMENDED TO WK 23.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SHOWN IN CONJUCTION WITH WK CLOSE NE [71913] WHICH COVERS THIS POSN ON BA 1705 [FEB 06' EDN]. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: COVERED BY POSN OF [71913] AT CHART SCALE

Position: 43 24.655 N,4 9.759 E

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