This is the information page about the shipwreck Eurymedon, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 34 N,20 23 W (53.716666666667, -20.166666666667)

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: EURYMEDON

Length 131.4 meter, width: 16.5 meter, draught: 9.1, tonnage 6223 ton

Cause: 25.9.40 built in 1924 by caledonian shipbuilding & engineering co ltd. owned at time of loss by ocean ss co. oil engine of 3700bhp for 13.5 knots. torpedoed by u-29 on 25.9.40 whist n convoy & sank two days later. (dods & axis submarine successes).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 2250 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1987

Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 533600N, 202500W OR 532400N, 183700W. (D S N E). H01001/40 H01001/40 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 535000N, 191500W. 21.3.78 21.3.78 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 533400N, 202300W. (WW2SL). 12.8.87 12.8.87 SINKING POSN AS ABOVE CONFIRMED BY POSN OF ATTACK ACCORDING TO U-BOAT PATROL REPORT. (AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 34 N,20 23 W

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