This is the information page about the shipwreck Empire merlin, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 30 N,10 15 W (58.5, -10.25)

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 MERLIN

Length 124.7 meter, width: 16.5 meter, draught: 8.8, tonnage 5763 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,chemicals

Cause: built 1919. torpedoed & sunk by u 48. owned at time of loss by ministry of war transport (sir r ropner & co). was en-route port sulphur to hull.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 1900 meter

Known since: 1940

Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 H01001/40 SINKING POSN 583000N, 101500W. 28.7.87 28.7.87 SINKING POSN AS ABOVE, PLOTS IN GEN DEPTH 1900MTRS. (WW2SL, AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES, LL WW2). POSN 250M NW OF THE HEBRIDES. (DODS). 18.6.91 18.6.91 POSN AS ABOVE. DAMAGED BY TORPEDO ATTACK, WHILST IN CONVOY HX 65A, BROKE IN TWO & SANK. (THE EMPIRE SHIPS).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 58 30 N,10 15 W

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