This is the information page about the shipwreck Eika, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 0.03 N,10 0.04 W (50.0005, -10.000666666667)
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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: EIKA
Length 75.6 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1503 ton
Load: salt
Cause: torpedoed and sunk by u-boat whilst en-route torreviega to aalesund. 14 of crew of 16 missing. (dods).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 115 meter
Known since: 1940
Details measurements/cartography: H1819/40 12.6.40 H1819/40 12.6.40 SANK IN 500000N, 100000W APPROX. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 50 0.03 N,10 0.04 W