This is the information page about the shipwreck New york city, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 0 N,8 50 W (51, -8.8333333333333)

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 YORK CITY

Length 97.4 meter, width: 14.7 meter, draught: 6.9, tonnage 2970 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built 1907 by richardson, duck & co, stockton-on-tees, with 3 cylinder triple expansion engine of 404hp, single shaft, 2 boilers. machinery by blair & co. ltd, stockton-on-tees. owned at time of loss by bristol city line [hill & sons]. passage bristol & swansea for new york. captured and sunk using gunfire by german submarine u24 in the sw approaches. no lives lost. (naval staff monographs vol 14, llww1, sibi).

Year of registration: 1975

Water depth above wreck: 100 meter

Known since: 1975

Details measurements/cartography: 29.8.75 29.8.75 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS SW APPROACHES. (NAVAL STAFF MONOGRAPHS VOL 14). NCA POSN 504230N, 091000W FOR FILING ONLY. 21.4.76 21.4.76 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 44 MILES SSE OF FASTNET. (WW1 BMSL). NCA, GIVES POSN 504430N, 090300W.*22.3.07 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 510000N, 085000W. (LLWW1). NCA. POSN FOR FILING AMENDED
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 0 N,8 50 W

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