This is the information page about the shipwreck Empire citizen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 12 N,23 22 W (58.2, -23.366666666667)
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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: EMPIRE CITIZEN
Length 110 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 4683 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: built in 1922. owned at time of loss by minstry of war transport (p henderson & co). passage liverpool for rangoon. torpedoed and sunk by u-107.
Year of registration: 1941
Water depth above wreck: 2000 meter
Known since: 1941
Details measurements/cartography: 10.2.96 10.2.96 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 581200N, 232200W APPROX. (LL WW2, AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). IN OVER 2000MTRS. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 58 12 N,23 22 W