This is the information page about the shipwreck Neion, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 46 50.94 N,4 5.08 W (47.115666666667, -4.0013333333333)

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: NEION

Length 125.6 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 5030 ton

Cause: torpedoed & sunk by german submarine 'u 38'. (axis submarine successes). sunk while on passage from st nazaire to falmouth. (ll ww2).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 127 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1987

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK IN 470900N, 041700W. (AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES & WW2 SL). NCA. 16.11.84 16.11.84 SHOWN AS NDW IN 465100N, 040500W [EUR] ON FRENCH 6990 [1984 EDN]. STATED AS 'NEION', LARGE CARGO VESSEL. GEN DEPTH 135MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1984). 20.2.89 20.2.89 POSN ACCURACY 1M [=PA]. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987, NO.14564001). INS AS NDW PA. NC 2646.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 46 50.94 N,4 5.08 W

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