This is the information page about the shipwreck Scottish minstrel (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 9.617 N,9 32.783 W (56.166666666667, -9.4166666666667)

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: SCOTTISH MINSTREL (POSSIBLY)

Length 129.5 meter, width: 17.4 meter, draught: 10.1, tonnage 6998 ton

Cause: torpedoed & sunk by german submarine u.61.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 1025 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1984

Details measurements/cartography: H8065/39 24.7.40 SANK IN 560948N, 093500W. (HMS FOLKESTONE, 19.7.40). BASED ON ASTRO OBS, LATER CHECKED BY LANDFALL). NCA. TOO DEEP TO CHART. H3150/84 26.9.84 WK IN 560937N, 093247W. POSN BY DECCA. (KINGFISHER OBSTN REPORT, APL '84). NCA. TOO DEEP TO CHART.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 56 9.617 N,9 32.783 W

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