This is the information page about the shipwreck Ruel, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 20 N,7 16 W (49.425633333333, -7.1758166666667)

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: RUEL

Length 108.3 meter, width: 15.5 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 4029 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1913 by tyne iron sb co. ltd, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by turnbull brothers shipping co ltd, cardiff. 3 cylinder triple expansion engine of 355hp, single shaft, 3 boilers. machinery by ne. marine eng. co. ltd, newcastle. passage malta for barry. captured and sunk by gunfire from german submarine u38 in the sw approaches. 1 man lost. (naval staff monographs vol 14, llww1 & sibi).

Year of registration: 1975

Water depth above wreck: 110 meter

Known since: 1975

Details measurements/cartography: 4.9.75 4.9.75 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS SW APPROACHES (NAVAL STAFF MONOGRAPHS VOL 14). NCA. 12.4.76 12.4.76 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 45M SW OF BISHOPS ROCK. (WW1 BMSL). NCA. POSN 492000N, 071600W FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 20 N,7 16 W

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