This is the information page about the shipwreck New sevilla (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 53.987 N,7 23.111 W (55.7053, -7.5799166666667)

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: NEW SEVILLA (POSSIBLY)

Length 167.6 meter, width: 19.2 meter, draught: 14.6, tonnage 13801 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1900 by harland & wolff ltd, belfast. owned at time of loss by sevilla whaling co. quadruple expansion engine of 641nhp, single shaft. passage liverpool for aruba and south georgia. torpedoed by u-138. 285 men recovered, 2 lost. (ll ww2 & sibi).

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 80 meter, Height above seabed: 20 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 5.2.41 POSN GIVEN AS POSN 555400N, 072400W [EUR]. (TRADE DIVISON LIST 1940, C IN C W. APPS). ALSO REP IN 552012N, 060300W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) H2317/85 2.12.85 NOT FOUND AFTER EXTENSIVE SEARCH IN VICINITY 555400N, 072400W. (BUE SUBSEA, HI 262B). AMEND DEAD. NCA. SEP 2007/000037713 16.5.07 LOCATED IN 5553.987N, 0723.111W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 81MTRS. LENGTH 54MTRS, WIDTH 16MTRS, HT 6.3MTRS. (INSS SURVEY 1999-2005). LIES 020/220 DEG. ?AREA OF DEBRIS. INS AS WK 73MTRS.

- NM 2976/07. 16.4.08 SHOWN WITH LEAST DEPTH 68MTRS IN DIGITAL BATHY DATA FOR INSS SURVEY 1999-2005. AMEND WK 68MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2014/000035799 25.2.14 LEAST DEPTH 68.37MTRS. (GSI). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ?AREA OF DEBRIS

Position: 55 53.987 N,7 23.111 W

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