This is the information page about the shipwreck Thermopylae, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 57.656 N,0 41.219 W (54.8698333, -0.8991667)
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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: THERMOPYLAE
Length 21.9 meter, tonnage 62 ton
Cause: Had fire in engine room which spread. was towed towards the tyne by fv philomena but later was cut adrift, while still ablaze, and sank.
Year of registration: 1992
Water depth above wreck: 60 meter
Known since: 1992
Details measurements/cartography: HH242/610/05 2.10.92 REPORTED BY FV MARGARETA TO HAVE SUNK IN 545739N, 004107W [OGB]. (TYNE CG 27.9.92). INS AS USCPA 45MTRS.
- NM 3121/92.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 54 57.656 N,0 41.219 W