This is the information page about the shipwreck Frederick s fales, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 30 N,13 40 W (55.5, -13.666666666667)

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: FREDERICK S FALES

Length 149.4 meter, width: 21.3 meter, draught: 11.3, tonnage 10525 ton
Load: flammable liquids and gases,oil

Cause: *built in 1939 by cantieri riuniti dell adraitico. owned at time of loss by oriental trade & transport co. oil engine of 1000nhp for 12 knots. passage curacao for the clyde. torpedoed by u-100. (dods & axis submarine successes).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 2650 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1987

Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 544700N, 180000W. (D.S.). H01001/40 19.11.40 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 555500N, 130800W. (O.U. 6353/40). SUNK 150 MILES S BY E OF ROCKALL. (DODS). 6.8.87 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 553000N, 134000W. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 55 30 N,13 40 W

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