This is the information page about the shipwreck Silverpine, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 14 N,18 8 W (54.233333333333, -18.133333333333)
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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: SILVERPINE
Length 122.2 meter, width: 16.8 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 5066 ton
Cause: built in 1924 by swan, hunter & wigham richardson. owned at time of loss by silver line. oil engine of 1052 bhp for 11 knots. torpedoed by a german submarine. (dods). torpedoed by italian submarine `argo'. (axis submarine successes).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 2050 meter
Known since: 1940, last detected: 1987
Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 541400N, 180800W. 11.8.87 SINKING POSN AS ABOVE. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 54 14 N,18 8 W