This is the information page about the shipwreck Temple mead, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 14 N,14 30 W (54.233333333333, -14.5)
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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: TEMPLE MEAD
Length 119.2 meter, width: 16.2 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 4427 ton
Load: grain
Cause: built in 1928 by w pickergill & sons. owned at time of loss by temple ss co. triple expansion engine of 445nhp. passage rosario for uk. bombed & sunk by german aircraft. 14 men lost. (dods & ww2sl).
Year of registration: 1941
Water depth above wreck: 2800 meter
Known since: 1941
Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 541400N, 143000W. 11.8.87 SINKING POSN AS ABOVE. (WW2SL). SUNK APPROX 300 MILES W OF INISHTRAHULL. (DODS).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 54 14 N,14 30 W