This is the information page about the shipwreck Harpalyce, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 37.85 N,2 43.92 E (51.3988833, 2.4536167)
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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: HARPALYCE
Length 130.5 meter, width: 16.5 meter, draught: 8.8, tonnage 5940 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: Built in 1911 by w grey & co. owned at time of loss by j & c harrison. triple expansion engine of 593nhp for 12 knots. passage rotterdam for norfolk, virginia, in bassast with 'safte conduct' from the german minister at the hageu. marked: 'commission for belgian relief' on her sides. torpedoed by german submarine. 15 men lost. (dods).
Year of registration: 1915
Water depth above wreck: 27 meter
Known since: 1915
Details measurements/cartography: SUNK E BY S OF N HINDER LTV. (WW1SL). SUNK 7 MILES NE OF N HINDER LTV. (LLOYDS WAR LOSSES). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 37.85 N,2 43.92 E