This is the information page about the shipwreck Jose de larrinaga, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 30 N,16 10 W (58.5, -16.166666666667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: JOSE DE LARRINAGA
Length 121.9 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 5303 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid,metal: concentrate and products
Cause: built in 1920 by canadian vickers. owned at time of loss by larrinaga ss co. triple expansion engine of 310nhp. passage new york for newport, wales. torpedoed by u-47 whist in convoy. 40 men lost. (dods & axis submarine successes).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 1100 meter
Known since: 1940, last detected: 1987
Details measurements/cartography: H056/40 SINKING POSN 583000N, 161000W. 28.7.87 SINKING POSN AS ABOVE. (DODS, WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 58 30 N,16 10 W