This is the information page about the shipwreck Hilda, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 45 45.94 N,3 17.08 W (45.999, -3.0013333333333)
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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: HILDA
Length 72.2 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1144 ton
Load: grain
Cause: vessel, built 1915 by trondheims mek verksted, was torpedoed and sunk by a german submarine. five of her crew were lost. owned at the time of loss by k f homeri. (dods). sunk while on passage from dunkirk & la pallice to the uk. (ll ww2).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 130 meter
Known since: 1940
Details measurements/cartography: 5.10.93 SANK IN 454600N, 031700W APPROX. (LL WW2). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 45 45.94 N,3 17.08 W