This is the information page about the shipwreck Thomas walton, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 67 52 N,14 28 E (67.866666666667, 14.466666666667)

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: THOMAS WALTON

Length 115.8 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 4460 ton

Cause: vessel, built 1917 by w. gray & co. with triple expansion engines of 434nhp. owned at time of loss by coronation s.s. co.. on passage from port talbot for narvik. torpedoed and sunk by u-38 off the lofoten islands, norway. 13 lives lost. (dods, axis submarine successes, llww2).

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 350 meter

Known since: 1939

Details measurements/cartography: [NO DATE] REPORTED SUNK IN 673000N, 140000E APPROX. (N.I.D.) NCA. 10.4.56 NOT SHOWN ON NORWEGIAN 65 [1955 EDN]. NCA. 22.12.77 SUNK IN 675200N, 142800E. (WW2SL). NCA, PLOTS IN 350MTRS. TOO DEEP AND POSN TOO VAGUE TO CHART.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 67 52 N,14 28 E

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