This is the information page about the shipwreck Hmsm saracen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 42 55 N,9 36 E (43.166666666667, 9.3333333333333)

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: HMSM SARACEN

Length 66 meter, width: 7.2 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 990 ton

Cause: built in 1942 by cammell laird & co ltd, birkenhead. twin oil engines for 14.75 kts surfaced, motors for 8 knots submerged. 6 x fwd 21 inch torpedo tubes, 1 aft. 1 x 3 inch gun. complement 48. whilst on patrol off bastia was attacked by italian corvettes minerva and euterpe with depth charges. was forced to the surface and abandoned, the boat being scuttled. (wikipedia).

Year of registration: 1943

Water depth above wreck: 350 meter

Known since: 1943

Details measurements/cartography: 1.6.11 SCUTTLED IN 4245.0N, 0930.0E. (UBOAT.NET). FOR FILING ONLY. 7.8.12 SANK IN 4255.0N, 0936.0E. (R CAREY, LTR DTD 4.8.12, WITH PLAN FROM ITALIAN WARSHIPS). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 42 55 N,9 36 E

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