This is the information page about the shipwreck Merchantman, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 37.46 N,1 5.4 E (57.832666666667, 1.165)

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: MERCHANTMAN

Length 32.6 meter, width: 9.1 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 230 ton

Cause: sank after collision with drilling rig ocean prince.

Year of registration: 1967

Water depth above wreck: 83 meter

Known since: 1967, last detected: 1984

Details measurements/cartography: H6809/59 25.3.69 H6809/59 25.3.69 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS APPROX 573730N, 010530E. (LL SEP 1967). COULD BE WK LOCATED 573919N, 010820E. INS AS NDWPA. BR STD. 19.5.76 19.5.76 SHOWN AS NDW ON NC 278. 29.11.84 29.11.84 AMEND TO NDWPA. NE 278.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 57 37.46 N,1 5.4 E

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