This is the information page about the shipwreck Paris, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 60 29.964 N,3 1.103 W (60.4994, -3.0183833333333)
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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: PARIS
Length 73.5 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 1634 ton
Load: natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products,wood: unprocessed and products
Cause: vessel built 1910 by akers mek. verksted and owned at time of loss by a/s ganger rolf. on passage from fredriksstad to garston. torpedoed and sunk by german submarine. (dods, llww1).
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 190 meter
Known since: 1918, last detected: 1996
Details measurements/cartography: 22.2.80 22.2.80 NDW PA IN 603000N, 030100W. (US P/O DTD 16.10.76). COULD BE WK LOCATED IN 603033N, 032748W [WK NO.23] OR IN 603039N, 032725W [WK NO.24]. 27.2.96 27.2.96 INS AS NDW PA. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 60 29.964 N,3 1.103 W