This is the information page about the shipwreck Kavak, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 0 N,19 30 W (55, -19.5)

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: KAVAK

Length 101.5 meter, width: 14.3 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2782 ton

Cause: built in 19129 by a macmilland & son. owned at time of loss by moss, hutchinson line. triple expansion engine of 418nhp for 11 knots. torpedoed by u-101 whilst in convoy. (dods & axis submarine successes).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 1400 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1987

Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 550000N, 193000W. 10.8.87 SINKING POSN AS ABOVE PLOTS IN APPROX 1400MTRS. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 55 0 N,19 30 W

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