This is the information page about the shipwreck Empire airman, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 0 N,18 0 W (54.233333333333, -18.133333333333)

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: EMPIRE AIRMAN

Length 136.9 meter, width: 16.8 meter, draught: 10.4, tonnage 6586 ton

Cause: built in 1915 by stablimento technico. owned at time of loss by the ministry of shipping (m whitwill & son). triple expansion engine of 369nhp. passage wabana, newfoudland for cardiff. torpedoed by u-100. 29 men lost. (dods & axis submarine successes).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 2300 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1987

Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 540000N, 180000W. 12.8.87 SINKING POSN AS ABOVE PLOTS IN APPROX 2300MTRS. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). SUNK APPROX 350 MILES W OF MALIN HEAD. (DODS).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 0 N,18 0 W

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