This is the information page about the shipwreck Macedonier, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 51.977 N,8 42.044 W (57.799616666667, -8.6174166666667)

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: MACEDONIER

Length 122.2 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 8.8, tonnage 5227 ton
Load: chemicals

Cause: built in 1921 by lloyd royal belge (gt britain). owned at time of loss by cie maritime belge (lloyd royal) soc. triple expansion engine of 567nhp, single shaft. passage tampa & halifax for the tees. torpedoed by u-96. 4 men lost. (ll ww2, ww2sl, dods & axis submarine successes).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 130 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1975

Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 POSN 575200N, 084200W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). 25.5.73 INS AS NDW. NE 2720. 5.12.75 AMEND TO WK USC PA 55FMS. NE 2635. (TONNAGE KNOWN). 5.2.79 AMEND TO WK USC PA 101MTRS. NC 2721. (TONNAGE KNOWN). 20.5.91 CONFIRMATION OF POSN. (LL WW2, WW2SL, AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). PLOTS IN GEN DEPTH 130MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 57 51.977 N,8 42.044 W

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