This is the information page about the shipwreck Italia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 39.53 N,8 50.54 W (50.4005, -9.0673333333333)

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: ITALIA

Length 153.6 meter, width: 20.4 meter, draught: 10.4, tonnage 9973 ton

Cause: torpedoed & sunk by german submarine with the loss of 19 lives.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 102 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1944

Details measurements/cartography: H95/39 3.7.40 H95/39 IN POSN 504100N, 085230W. ALSO A NAMED WRECK IN THIS POSN IN C IN C LETTER OF 3.7.40. (WEST APPS LIST 15.1.41). LATER POSN GIVEN 503700N, 084400W. (WRECKS OFFICERS SINKINGS BK). H1001/40 H1001/40 POSN 503700N, 084400W. (TRADE DIV LIST). H63/44 10.6.44 H63/44 POSN 503930N, 085030W. THIS POSN ACCEPTED AS APPROX POSN OF ITALIA AS IT IS BETWEEN THE TWO EARLIER POSNS (PROBABLY ESTIMATED) AND SEEMS MORE OF AN ASCERTAINED POSN THOUGH NOT YET ENTERED IN W APPS OR PLYMOUTH LISTS. (15TH ESCORT GRP 10.6.44). - NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 39.53 N,8 50.54 W

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