This is the information page about the shipwreck Glenmoor, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 35 N,14 31 W (54.333333333333, -14.5)
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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: GLENMOOR
Length 114.3 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 4393 ton
Cause: built in 1928 by w doxford & sons. owned at time of loss by moor line. oil engine of 417nhp. passage cardiff for alexandria. torpedoed by u-103. (dods & axis submarine successes).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 2700 meter
Known since: 1940
Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 H01001/40 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 543500N, 143100W. 11.8.87 11.8.87 SINKING POSN AS ABOVE PLOTS IN APPROX 2700MTRS. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). SUNK APPROX 200 MILES W OF IRELAND. (DODS).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 54 35 N,14 31 W