This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms audacity, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 43 45 N,19 54 W (43.818916666667, -2.13535)

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: HMS AUDACITY

Length 134.7 meter, width: 17.2 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 5537 ton

Cause: 17.6.41 built in 1939 by bremer vulkan schiff-und maschinenbau, vegesack for norddeutscher lloyd. 7 cylinder oil engine of 5200 bhp for 15 knots, single shaft. 1 x 4 inch, 1 x 6 pdr, 4 x qf 2 pdr aa guns & 4 x 20mm aa cannon. 6-8 aircraft. when war was declared sought refuge in curacao. attempted to return to germany in 3.1940 but was captured and towed to jamaica. renamed sinbad and then emipre audacity (cunard white star line). rebuilt 1941 as an escort carrier and commissioned 17.6.41 as the first escort carrier. torpedoed by u 751 on 21.12.41. the first torpedo struck the engine room, the next two caused an explosion in the aviation fuel, blowing off the bow.

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 4000 meter

Known since: 1941

Details measurements/cartography: 14.5.10 TORPEDOED IN 4345.0N, 1954.0W. (UBOAT.NET).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 43 45 N,19 54 W

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