This is the information page about the shipwreck Niritos, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 13.98 N,10 38.026 W (57.199666666667, -10.717083333333)

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: NIRITOS

Length 106.7 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 3759 ton
Load: chemicals

Cause: built 1906. was torpedoed & sunk by german submarine u 99 w of ireland, whilst en-route port sulphur to garston. owned at time of loss by g c dracoulis.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 2200 meter

Known since: 1940

Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 H01001/40 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 571400N, 103800W. 31.7.87 31.7.87 SINKING POSN AS ABOVE PLOTS IN OVER 2200MTRS. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). 25.6.91 25.6.91 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS APPROX 4M FROM 571400N, 103800W. (LL WW2)
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 57 13.98 N,10 38.026 W

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