This is the information page about the shipwreck Glyg, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 60 59.463 N,1 1.122 W (60.949383333333, -1.1853333333333)
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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: GLYG
Length 41.3 meter, width: 7.2 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 358 ton
Load: salt
Cause: vessel ['ex-saint alban'], built 1889 by motata mv aktieb, oscarhamn. owned at time of loss by jerdso & bakkevig, haugesund. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 40nhp, single shaft. passage frazerburgh for siglfjord, iceland. torpedoed by uc-33. (shipwreck index of british isles).
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 120 meter
Known since: 1917
Details measurements/cartography: 22.2.80 NDW PA SHOWN IN 605930N 010100W. (US P/O DTD 16.10.76). 27.2.96 SUNK BY SUBMARINE 17M NNW OF THE SHETLANDS [MUCKLE FLUGGA]. (WW1SL). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 60 59.463 N,1 1.122 W