This is the information page about the shipwreck Lotos, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 48 N,14 0 W (57.8, -14)

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: LOTOS

Length 72.5 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1327 ton
Load: timber

Cause: built in 1920. was torpedoed & sunk by u 99 whilst en-route dalhousie, new brunswick to the tyne.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 132 meter

Known since: 1940

Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 10.1.41 H01001/40 10.1.41 SINKING POSN 574800N, 140000W. NCA. 30.7.87 30.7.87 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 15M NE OF ROCKALL. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES), BUT DODS & LL WW2 STATE VESSEL SUNK 15M NW OF ROCKALL, WHICH AGREES WITH POSN OF ATTACK ACCORDING TO U BOAT PATROL REPORT. (AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES & 1941 SINKING POSN). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 57 48 N,14 0 W

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