This is the information page about the shipwreck Planter, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 38 N,8 28.05 W (55.383583333333, -8.5494166666667)

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: PLANTER

Length 128 meter, width: 16.8 meter, draught: 9.1, tonnage 5887 ton

Cause: vessel, built 1927, was torpedoed & sunk by german submarine u-137 off tory island. owned at time of loss by charente ss co.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 85 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1979

Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 POSN GIVEN 30M NNW OF BLOODY FORELAND IN 553800N, 085000W. (SINKINGS BOOK C IN C WESTERN APPS). H01001/40 POSN 553800N, 082800W. (TRADE DIVISION LIST NOV 1940). SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 552800N, 082800W. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). 6.1.76 INS USCPA 35FMS. NE 2635. 16.8.79 AMEND TO USCPA 65MTRS. NC 2723.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 55 38 N,8 28.05 W

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