This is the information page about the shipwreck Tajandoen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 24.039 N,6 51.051 W (49.40065, -6.85085)

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: TAJANDOEN

Length 143 meter, width: 18.9 meter, draught: 9.1, tonnage 8159 ton

Cause: built in 1931 by nederlandsche scheepsbouw maats. owned at time of loss by stoomvaart maats, nederland. oil engines of 2122 nhp. torpedoed & sunk by german submarine u-47 en route amsterdam to batavia. 6 lives lost. (dods).

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 117 meter

Known since: 1939

Details measurements/cartography: H095/39 20.12.39 H095/39 SUNK IN 492400N, 065100W. (WESTERN APPROACHES LIST AND LTR 20.12.39). 31.10.75 31.10.75 TO BE SHOWN AS USC PA 50FMS. NE 2649. 24.4.78 24.4.78 AMENDED TO USC PA 92MTRS. NC 2565.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 24.039 N,6 51.051 W

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