This is the information page about the shipwreck Seang choon, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 19.52 N,9 47.79 W (51.325333333333, -9.7965)

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: SEANG CHOON

Length 135.6 meter, width: 14.9 meter, draught: 9.1, tonnage 5807 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1891 by harland & wolff ltd, belfast. owned at time of loss by lim chin tsong, rangoon. four boilers, triple expansion engine. passage sydney & dakar for london. torpedoed by u 87. 19 men lost. (sii).

Year of registration: 1958

Water depth above wreck: 90 meter

Known since: 1958, last detected: 1979

Details measurements/cartography: H4808/58 4.9.58 H4808/58 4.9.58 SALVAGE OPS IN PROGRESS. NO PREVIOUS RECORD OF WK IN THIS POSN. (RISDON BEAZLEY). H6907/29 26.6.69 H6907/29 26.6.69 POSN GIVEN IN LOSS BOOK IS 10M SW OF FASTNET WHICH IS 511400N, 094400W. INS AS NDW. NE 2424. H1280/78/37 24.4.78 H1280/78/37 24.4.78 LOCAL FISHERMEN REPORT WK IN 511930N, 094745W [OSI]. POSN BY DECCA. (G WILLIAMS, LTR DTD 17.4.78). AMEND WK USC 65MTRS. NC 2424. 11.9.79 11.9.79 AMEND WK USC 63MTRS. NC 2679.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 19.52 N,9 47.79 W

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