This is the information page about the shipwreck Salonica, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 16 N,12 14 W (55.266666666667, -12.233333333333)

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: SALONICA

Length 98.8 meter, width: 14 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 2694 ton

Cause: built in 1912 by wood, skiner & co. owned at time of loss by a/s venborg. triple expansion engine of 236nhp. torpedoed by u-100. (dods & axis submarine successes).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 2850 meter

Known since: 1940

Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 H01001/40 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 581800N, 100800W. (CONSIDERED TO BE INCORRECT). 29.7.87 29.7.87 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 551600N, 121400W. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). POSN CONFIRMED BY U-100 SINKING OTHER VESSELS IN SAME AREA ON SAME DAY & POSN OF ATTACK ACCORDING TO U-BOAT PATROL REPORT. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 55 16 N,12 14 W

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