This is the information page about the shipwreck Fellside, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 9 N,12 30 W (55.916666666667, -12.4)
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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: FELLSIDE
Length 108.5 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 3509 ton
Cause: built in 1917 by j blumer & co. owned at time of loss by quayside shipping co. triple expansion engine of 311nhp. passage the tees for sydney. torpedoed by u-43. (dods & axis submarine successes).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 2700 meter
Known since: 1940, last detected: 1987
Details measurements/cartography: SUNK APPROX 130 MILES W OF IRELAND. (DODS). 5.8.87 5.8.87 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 560900N, 123000W. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). PLOTS IN APPROX 2700MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 56 9 N,12 30 W