This is the information page about the shipwreck Restormel, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 12 N,6 45 W (50.073233333333, -6.7713333333333)

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: RESTORMEL

Length 87.2 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 2118 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: built 1901 by grangemouth & greenock dockyard co, greenock, with 3 cylinder triple expansion engine of 210hp, single shaft, 2 boilers. owned at time of loss by new restormel ss company ltd. passage seville to clyde. sunk by german submarine u38, 28m nnw of bishops rock while on charter to the admiralty. no lives lost. (naval staff monographs vol 14 & llww1).

Year of registration: 1975

Water depth above wreck: 99 meter

Known since: 1975

Details measurements/cartography: 4.9.75 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 28M NNW OF BISHOP ROCK. (NAVAL STAFF MONOGRAPHS VOL 14, WW1BMSL). NCA POSN 501200N, 064500W FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 12 N,6 45 W

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