This is the information page about the shipwreck Neuquen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 57.853 N,11 0.007 W (52.000333333333, -11.000666666667)
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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: NEUQUEN
Length 106.1 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 3583 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid
Cause: built in 1913 by campbeltown shipbuilding co. owned at time of loss by a hollnd & co, london. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 327 nhp, single shaft. passage rosairo for belfast. fired upon by u-84 and attempted to evade capture. after two hits the engine stopped and the vessel was torpedoed. 18 men lost. (sibi).
Water depth above wreck: 140 meter
Known since: 1917
Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 20MILES NW BY W OF SKELLIGS. (LLOYDS, TELCON). POSN 515750N, 105958W FOR FILING ONLY. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 57.853 N,11 0.007 W