This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms dunvegan castle, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 5 N,11 0 W (55.083333333333, -11)

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 DUNVEGAN CASTLE

Length 164.6 meter, width: 21.6 meter, draught: 11.3, tonnage 15007 ton

Cause: ex union-castle mail ss co. liner, built 1936 was requistioned by admiralty early in war as an auxiliary cruiser. vessel was torpedoed & sunk by german submarine u-46 west of ireland with loss of 27 lives.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 2670 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2000

Details measurements/cartography: 10.5.56 REQUEST FOR POSN FROM RISDON BEASLEY:- NOT PREVIOUSLY RECORDED. (RN STATEMENT OF LOSSES & HISTORICAL SECTION) SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 550500N, 110000W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) 7.12.78 NC3 111/1321 7.12.78 PROPOSAL TO SELL TO MR MARK J.C. BAMFORD FOR ú100. H1279/78 15.2.79 CONSIDERED AS A WAR GRAVE DUE TO HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE. NOT TO BE SOLD. (LTR DTD 30.1.79 IN NC3 111/1321) 10.8.87 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 550000N, 110000W. (AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). NCA, PLOTS IN APPROX 2500MTRS, TOO DEEP TO CHART.. 23.9.00 POSN GIVEN AS 5450.00N, 1100.00W. (LL WW2). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 55 5 N,11 0 W

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