This is the information page about the shipwreck Pukkastan, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 23.038 N,7 49.045 W (49.425633333333, -8.1007166666667)

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: PUKKASTAN

Length 134.3 meter, width: 17.5 meter, draught: 8.4, tonnage 5809 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid

Cause: torpedoed and fired on by submarine. (ww2sl). built in 1929 by short bros. owned at time of loss by the hindustan ss co. triple expansion engines for 472 nhp. passage table bay to rotterdam. cargo maize. (dods).

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 105 meter

Known since: 1939

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK IN 492300N, 074900W. (WW2SL). NCA. POSN FOR FILING ONLY. H095/39 15.1.41 H095/39 15.1.41 WESTERN APPROACHES LIST. [POSN NOT QUOTED IN RECORD].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 23.038 N,7 49.045 W

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