This is the information page about the shipwreck Empire volunteer, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 43 N,15 17 W (56.6, -15.05)

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 VOLUNTEER

Length 121.6 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 5319 ton

Cause: built in 1921 by harbour maine. owned at time of loss by the ministry of war transport (j cory & sons). triple expansion engine of 521nhp. passage wabana, newfoundland for glasgow. torpedoed by u-48. (dods & axis submarine successes).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 400 meter

Known since: 1940

Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 H01001/40 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 564300N, 151700W. 3.8.87 3.8.87 SINKING POSN AS ABOVE. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). SUNK 250 MILES W OF THE HEBRIDES. (DODS).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 56 43 N,15 17 W

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