This is the information page about the shipwreck Sambre, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 37 N,17 53 W (56.616666666667, -17.933333333333)

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: SAMBRE

Length 125.6 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 5260 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: ex- war swift, built by short bros. ltd, sunderland. passage manchester for philadelphia. torpedoed & sunk by german submarine u-34. crew of 48 saved. (llww2, wartime standard ships vol.3 & axis submarine successes).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 1300 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1987

Details measurements/cartography: [NO DATE] SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 563200N, 181200W. (D.S.N.E). NCA. 16.1.78 16.1.78 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 563700N, 175300W. (WW2SL). NCA. 4.8.87 4.8.87 SINKING POSN 563700N, 175300W AGREES WITH POSN OF ATTACK ACCORDING TO U-BOAT PATROL REPORT. (AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). PLOTS IN APPROX 1300MTRS. NCA, TOO DEEP AND POSN TOO VAGUE TO CHART.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 56 37 N,17 53 W

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