This is the information page about the shipwreck Rabat, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 67 16.782 N,14 21.56 E (67.2797, 14.359333333333)
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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: RABAT
Length 86.4 meter, width: 14 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 4000 ton
Cause: built in 1929 by deutche werft ag. owned at time of loss by oldenburg-portuguiesische dampfs rhed. bombed & sunk by carrier based aircraft. (dods).
Year of registration: 1943
Water depth above wreck: 11 meter
Known since: 1943, last detected: 2008
Details measurements/cartography: H2616/53 27.6.53 DW SHOWN IN 671652N, 142125E ON NORWEGIAN CHART.
- NM 1389/53. H2616/53 29.3.57 AMENDED TO NDW IN 671649N, 142124E. (OSLO NM 82/57).
- NM 639/57. 15.1.91 NDW SHOWN IN 671647.5N, 142106E [EUR] ON NORWEGIAN 476 [1969 EDN]. NC 3882. 15.6.06 SHOWN AS WK 4.5MTRS IN 6716.782N, 1421.560E [WGD] ON NORWEGIAN 136 [REPRINT NOV'05]. NFA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 67 16.782 N,14 21.56 E