This is the information page about the shipwreck Eastern star, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 61 29 N,22 40 W (61.483333333333, -22.666666666667)

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: EASTERN STAR

Length 121.9 meter, width: 16.2 meter, draught: 11, tonnage 5680 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: ex-mabuhay iii '37, ex-eir '27, ex-camilla gilbert. built in 1920 by the northumberland shipbuilding company. ordered as war lodge but completed as camilla gilbert. passage liverpool for halifax in convoy ob.318. torpedoed by u-94. (british standard ships wwi vol.3, axis submarine successes 1939-45 & bfmsl wwii).

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 1800 meter

Known since: 1941, last detected: 1996

Details measurements/cartography: 10.9.71 SUNK S OF ICELAND IN 612500N, 241800W APPROX. (BSSWW1). NCA. 4.2.96 SUNK IN 612900N, 224000W APPROX. (AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES, BFMSL WWII). NCA. FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 61 29 N,22 40 W

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