This is the information page about the shipwreck Empire merchant, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 23 N,13 24 W (55.366666666667, -13.3)

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 MERCHANT

Length 121.3 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 4864 ton

Cause: built in 1938. owned at time of loss by the ministry of shipping (kaye, son & co). passage avomouth for kingston, jamaica. torpedoed by u-100.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 2780 meter

Known since: 1940

Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 H01001/40 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 552100N, 134000W. 7.8.87 7.8.87 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 552300N, 132400W. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). PLOTS IN 2780 MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 55 23 N,13 24 W

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