This is the information page about the shipwreck Diplomat, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 42 N,11 37 W (55.8, -11.616666666667)

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: DIPLOMAT

Length 146.9 meter, width: 17.7 meter, draught: 10.1, tonnage 8240 ton

Cause: charente ss co. built 1921. torpedoed & sunk by german submarine u-104 whilst en-route new orleans to liverpool.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 2700 meter

Known since: 1940

Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 H01001/40 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 555630N, 121200W. 6.8.87 6.8.87 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 554200N, 113700W. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). PLOTS IN APPROX 2700 MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 55 42 N,11 37 W

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