This is the information page about the shipwreck Empire severn, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 18 N,9 37 W (58.583333333333, -9.4666666666667)

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 SEVERN

Length 123.7 meter, width: 16.5 meter, tonnage 6681 ton
Load: armament

Cause: ex 'egba' '14'. built in 1914 by harland & wolff ltd, glasgow as 'egba' for elder, dempster & co. triple expansion engine. scuttled in atlantic with cargo of obsolete ammunition. (the empire ships).

Year of registration: 1948

Water depth above wreck: 600 meter

Known since: 1948

Details measurements/cartography: H01965/48 24.6.69 SUNK IN APPROX 581800N, 093700W [UND]. (D OF SEA TRANSPORT, 6.8.48). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 58 18 N,9 37 W

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