This is the information page about the shipwreck Thelma, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 59 21.973 N,0 52.116 W (59.366216666667, -0.8686)
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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: THELMA
Length 65.7 meter, width: 9.8 meter, draught: 4.7, tonnage 1002 ton
Load: coal
Cause: built in 1903 by a vuijk, capelle a/d, ysel. owned at time of loss by scandanavian shipping co. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 133nhp, single shaft. passage glasgow for gothenburg. shelled and torpedoed by u-20. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1916
Water depth above wreck: 116 meter
Known since: 1916, last detected: 1978
Details measurements/cartography: 19.2.75 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 592200N, 005200W. (NAVAL STAFF MONOGRAPHS VOL.17). 21.2.75 SANK 24 MILES E FROM FAIR ISLE. (WW1SL). 27.9.78 INS AS WK USC PA 100MTRS. (TONNAGE KNOWN). NC 1942. 22.2.80 POSN GIVEN AS 594100N, 005200W. (US P/O DTD 16.10.76). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 59 21.973 N,0 52.116 W