This is the information page about the shipwreck Tekla (part of)(probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 16.576 N,2 26.559 W (58.43595, -2.5026666666667)
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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: TEKLA (PART OF)(PROBABLY)
Length 75.9 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1469 ton
Cause: built in 1920 by helsingors jernsk & msk, elsinore. owned at time of loss by dmpsk, torm a/s. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 158nhp, single shaft. passage burntisland for aarhus. torpedoed by u-55. 9 men lost. (sibi).
Year of registration: 2006
Water depth above wreck: 54 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm
Known since: 2006
Details measurements/cartography: HH091/150/01 23.1.08 SEP 2008/000007851 & HH091/150/01 23.1.08 EXAM'D 6.06 IN 5816.576N, 0226.559W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 51.7 IN GEN DEPTH 54.9MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 36MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS, HT 2.6MTRS. LIES 135/315 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SEPARATED SECTION OF [1190] (TEKLA) NEARBY. (GARDLINE, HI 1150). INS AS WK 51MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: ?SEPARATED SECTION OF [1190]
Position: 58 16.576 N,2 26.559 W