This is the information page about the shipwreck Rhone, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 17.98 N,1 46.104 W (58.183333333333, -13.95)

 

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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.

 

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Name: RHONE

Length 72.2 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 1064 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1916 by kjobenhavens flydedok & skibsvaert. owned at time of loss by det forenede d/s. triple expansion engine of 132nhp. torpedoed and sunk by u-14. passage methil for esbjerg. (ww2sl, lloyds war losses, axis submarine successes & dods).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 95 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1973

Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 25.2.40 H01001/40 25.2.40 SANK IN 581800N, 014600W. (N.I.D). SUNK 50 MILES N OF RATTRAY HEAD. (TRADE DIV OU 6353A). H056/40 26.4.40 H056/40 26.4.40 SANK IN 582700N, 015000W, APPROX. (ROSYTH LIST, 10.4.40). 9.7.73 9.7.73 INS AS WK USC PA 46FMS [85MTRS] IN 581800N, 014600W. (TONNAGE KNOWN). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 58 17.98 N,1 46.104 W

 

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