This is the information page about the shipwreck Samsuva, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 72 58 N,23 59 E (72.966666666667, 23.983333333333)

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: SAMSUVA

Length 134.4 meter, width: 17.4 meter, draught: 11.3, tonnage 7176 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid

Cause: torpedoed and sunk by german submarine u-31o when in barents sea. passage archangel for the usa. (llwwii, liberty ships).

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 390 meter

Known since: 1944

Details measurements/cartography: 14.9.72 VESSEL SUNK IN 725800N, 235900E APPROX. (LLOYDS WAR LOSSES, AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). NCA. FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 72 58 N,23 59 E

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