This is the information page about the shipwreck Escrick, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 46 42 N,16 10 W (46.7, -16.166666666667)
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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: ESCRICK
Length 120.4 meter, width: 16.5 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 4151 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: built in 1910. passage bordeaux for montreal. torpedoed by u-90. (lloyds, sea breezes feb'80, krieg zur zee, ww1 msl).
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 4050 meter
Known since: 1918, last detected: 1996
Details measurements/cartography: 13.5.70 13.5.70 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 464200N, 161000W. (LLOYDS). 24.2.96 24.2.96 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 360 MILES NW BY N FROM CAPE FINISTERRE. (WW1 MSL). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 46 42 N,16 10 W