This is the information page about the shipwreck Mount myrto, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 3.03 N,10 5.04 W (50.0505, -10.084)
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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: MOUNT MYRTO
Length 121.9 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 5403 ton
Cause: torpedoed shelled & sunk by german submarine.
Water depth above wreck: 118 meter
Known since: 1940, last detected: 1944
Details measurements/cartography: POSN 500300N 100500W (WKS OFF SINKINGS BK & RECORD CHT 1598). H01001/40 H01001/40 POSN 500300N, 100500W. VESSEL REMAINED AFLOAT ABOUT 3.5 HRS & THEN SANK SLOWLY. (DEC 1944 TRADE DIV LIST).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 50 3.03 N,10 5.04 W