This is the information page about the shipwreck San fernando, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 20.03 N,10 24.04 W (50.333833333333, -10.400666666667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: SAN FERNANDO
Length 161.5 meter, width: 21 meter, draught: 12.8, tonnage 13056 ton
Cause: torpedoed by submarine homeward bound from curacao.
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 150 meter
Known since: 1940
Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 21.6.40 H01001/40 VESSEL ATTACKED IN 502000N, 102400W ON 21.6.40. UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO TOW HER TO FALMOUTH. VESSEL WAS STILL AFLOAT 24 HOURS AFTER THE ATTACK AND POSN OF ACTUAL SINKING NOT KNOWN. (TRADE DIV DEC 1944).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 50 20.03 N,10 24.04 W