This is the information page about the shipwreck Oued yquem, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 40 58 N,9 58 E (40.966666666667, 9.9666666666667)
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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: OUED YQUEM
Length 72.5 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1369 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: vessel, built 1920 by a van duivendijk. owned at time of loss by cie. de navigation paquet. was torpedoed & sunk by dutch submarine off sardinia. (dods).
Year of registration: 1941
Water depth above wreck: 450 meter
Known since: 1941, last detected: 2014
Details measurements/cartography: 6.4.76 WK SHOWN IN 405759N, 095801E ON ITALIAN 0070. H2112/73 25.8.76 GEN DEPTH 300 MTRS. (ITALIAN WK RECORDS). NCA. 14.2.95 NDW SHOWN IN 405800N, 095800E ON ITALIAN 43 [1994 EDN]. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 40 58 N,9 58 E