This is the information page about the shipwreck Silvia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 7 N,10 46 W (51.389216666667, -10.670116666667)

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: SILVIA

Length 108.3 meter, width: 15.5 meter, draught: 9.8, tonnage 5268 ton
Load: flammable liquids and gases,oil

Cause: built in 1913 by tyne iron shipbuilding co. ltd, newcastle-upon-tyne, with 3 cylinder triple expansion engine of 514 hp, single shaft, 3 boilers. aft machinery by ne marine eng. co. owned at time of loss by the oil tanks steamship co, ltd (ct bowring). passage halifax n.s. for queenstown on admiralty service. captured and sunk using gunfire by german submarine u38 in the sw approaches. (naval staff monographs vol 14 & sii).

Year of registration: 1975

Water depth above wreck: 160 meter

Known since: 1975, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: 4.9.75 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS SW APPROACHES. (NAVAL STAFF MONOGRAPHS VOL 14) NCA POSN 483500N, 073000W FOR FILING ONLY. 26.3.07 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 510700N, 104600W. (LLWW1). NCA, POSN FOR FILING AMENDED.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 7 N,10 46 W

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