This is the information page about the shipwreck Tacoma city (southern part), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 22.591 N,2 59.364 W (53.665666666667, -3.093)
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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: TACOMA CITY (SOUTHERN PART)
Length 121.9 meter, width: 16.5 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 4738 ton
Load: vehicles,general and mixed goods,metal: concentrate and products
Cause: built in 1929 by w grey & co ltd, west hartlepool. owned at time of loss by reardon smith line ltd. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 339nhp, single shaft. passage new york for manchester. mined, later cut down. 3 of 45 crew lost. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1975
Water depth above wreck: 11 meter
Known since: 1975, last detected: 1975
Details measurements/cartography: H5282/71 24.2.75 INS WK 8.6MTRS [LAT] IN 532234N, 025917.5W. (MD & HB 1974). BR STD. H5282/71 15.4.75 NOW IN 532234.5N, 025917W. (MD & HC LTR DTD 17.3.75). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 53 22.591 N,2 59.364 W