This is the information page about the shipwreck Otterpool, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 45.042 N,8 13.042 W (48.934016666667, -8.1673666666667)

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: OTTERPOOL

Length 118.9 meter, width: 16.8 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 4876 ton
Load: ore

Cause: built in 1926 by wk grey & co. owned at time of loss by the pool shipping co. triple expansion engines of 439nhp for 11 knots. torpedoed by german submarine 23 crew lost. (dods).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 135 meter

Known since: 1940

Details measurements/cartography: H095/39 15.1.41 H095/39 REPORTED IN WESTERN APPS LIST 15.1.41. SUNK 80M S OF SCILLY ISLES. (DODS). POSN 484700N, 075000W. (WW2 BFMSL). ACCEPTED POSN 484500N 081300W. FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 48 45.042 N,8 13.042 W

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