Wreck: Hms edgehill (Motor vessel)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms edgehill, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 27 N,15 25 W (49.45, -15.416666666667)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: HMS EDGEHILL
Length 122.2 meter, width: 16.5 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 4702 ton
Cause: ex-willamette valley. built in 1928 by napier & miller onwed at time of loss by reardon smith line. oil engine of 488nhp for 12kts. requestioned as decoy & naval stores ship. was torpedoed & sunk by u-51. (dods, ww2sl & axis submarine successes).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 4650 meter
Known since: 1940
Details measurements/cartography: 2.2.70 2.2.70 SINKING POSN 492700N 152500W APPROX. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 49 27 N,15 25 W
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