This is the information page about the shipwreck Sheaf mead, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 43 48 N,12 32 W (44.066666666667, -12.5)

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: SHEAF MEAD

Length 123.4 meter, width: 16.2 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 5008 ton

Cause: built in 1924 by r duncan & co. owned at time of loss by sheaf ss co. triple expansion engine of 476nhp for 11 knots. torpedoed and sunk. 31 men lost, 5 recovered. (ww2 br msl & dods).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 4750 meter

Known since: 1940

Details measurements/cartography: 3.1.78 3.1.78 SANK IN 434800N, 123200W APPROX. (WW2 BR MSL). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 43 48 N,12 32 W

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