This is the information page about the shipwreck Olympier, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 4 N,11 0 W (56.066666666667, -11)
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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: OLYMPIER
Length 121.9 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 5266 ton
Cause: built 1920. was bombed & sunk by german aircraft whilst en-route durban to immingham. owned at time of loss by cie maritime belge-lloyd royal.
Year of registration: 1941
Water depth above wreck: 2500 meter
Known since: 1941
Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 H01001/40 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 560400N, 110000W. 5.8.87 5.8.87 SINKING POSN AS ABOVE PLOTS IN APPROX 2500 MTRS. (WW2SL).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 56 4 N,11 0 W