This is the information page about the shipwreck Lochavon, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 25 N,13 10 W (50.416666666667, -13.166666666667)

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: LOCHAVON

Length 145.4 meter, width: 20.1 meter, draught: 9.1, tonnage 9205 ton

Cause: built in 1938 by harland & wolff. owned at time of loss by royal mail lines. oil engine of 2052nhp. passage vancouver for liverpool. torpedoed by u-45. (dods & axis submarine successes).

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 2500 meter

Known since: 1939, last detected: 1987

Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 502500N, 125900W (N.I.D). NCA. H01001/40 H01001/40 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 502500N, 131000W. 3.7.87 3.7.87 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 502500N, 131000W. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES) OR 200 MILES W OF BISHOP ROCK. (DODS). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 25 N,13 10 W

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