This is the information page about the shipwreck Rhakotis, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 45 1 N,10 50 W (45.016666666667, -10.833333333333)

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: RHAKOTIS

Length 131.8 meter, width: 19 meter, draught: 10.5, tonnage 6753 ton

Cause: a german blockade runner. built in 1928 by deutsche werft. owned at time of loss by hamburg-amerika line. oil engines of 533nhp. sunk by gunfire from hms scylla. 75 men reached land in two boats, 90 men lost. (dods).

Year of registration: 1943

Water depth above wreck: 4900 meter

Known since: 1943, last detected: 2004

Details measurements/cartography: 8.7.04 8.7.04 SUNK ABOUT 200 MILES NW OF CAPE FINISERRE. (DODS). POSN 4936.0N, 1156.0W FOR FILING ONLY. 8.7.04 8.7.04 REPORTED BY HMS SCYLLA AS BEING SUNK IN 4501.0N, 1050.0W. (MAJOR G ROSE, FAX DTD 6.7.04). AMEND POSN. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 45 1 N,10 50 W

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