This is the information page about the shipwreck Tasso, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 3 N,18 4 W (55.05, -18.066666666667)

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: TASSO

Length 86.3 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1586 ton
Load: wood: unprocessed and products,timber

Cause: built in 1938 by swan, hunter & wigham richardson. owned at time of loss by ellerman's wilson line. triple expansion engine of 335nhp. passage demarara for oban. tropedoed by u-52. (dods & axis submarine successes).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 950 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1987

Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 POSN GIVEN AS 550300N, 185400W. SUNK APPROX 450 MILES W OF INISHTRAHULL. (DODS). 10.8.87 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 550300N 180400W. CONFIRMED BY POSN OF ATTACK ACCORDING TO U-BOAT PATROL REPORT. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 55 3 N,18 4 W

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