This is the information page about the shipwreck Lagaholm, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 59 33.968 N,5 10.081 W (59.69945, -4.9180666666667)
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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: LAGAHOLM
Length 101.9 meter, width: 14.2 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 2818 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: built in 1929 by m v eriksbergs, gothenberg. oil engine of 355 hp, single screw. on passage from baltimore and new york for gothenburg and malmo. torpedoed, set on fire and sunk by german submarine u-22.
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 110 meter
Known since: 1940
Details measurements/cartography: 4.4.96 SINKING POSN 593400N, 051000W. (WW2SL). INS AS NDWPA. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 59 33.968 N,5 10.081 W