This is the information page about the shipwreck Rfa housatonic, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 59 39 N,7 24.1 W (59.873333333333, -7.3483333333333)

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: RFA HOUSATONIC

Length 125.6 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 9.4, tonnage 5559 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: bombed & sunk by aircraft whilst serving as an rfa. passage liverpool for new york. 3 of 34 crew lost. (ll ww2)

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 900 meter

Known since: 1941

Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 593900N, 072400W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) NCA, TOO DEEP AND POSN TOO VAGUE TO CHART. 24.7.87 SINKING POSN APPROX 593900N, 072400W. (WW2SL). PLOTS IN APPROX 900MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 59 39 N,7 24.1 W

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