This is the information page about the shipwreck Possidon, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 41.985 N,9 33.034 W (56.69975, -9.5505666666667)

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: POSSIDON

Length 105.5 meter, width: 15.5 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 3840 ton
Load: chemicals

Cause: vessel, built 1909, was torpedoed & sunk by german submaine whilst en-route new orleans & sydney n.s. to glasgow. owned at time of loss by g.n. pittas bros. & co.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 600 meter

Known since: 1940

Details measurements/cartography: H095/40 13.2.41 SUNK IN 564200N, 093300W. (CINC W.A. 5.2.41). PLOTS IN APPROX 600MTRS. SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 564300N, 091600W. (WW2SL, AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES, LL WW2). POSNS 564200N, 093300W & ABOUT 564000N, 085000W ALSO GIVEN IN LL WW2. FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 56 41.985 N,9 33.034 W

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