This is the information page about the shipwreck Thorpe bay, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 47 47.5 N,8 21 W (47.791666666667, -8.35)

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: THORPE BAY

Length 76.2 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 2151 ton
Load: armament,chemicals

Cause: scuttled with a cargo of chemical ammunition by hms tremedoc bay.

Year of registration: 1947

Water depth above wreck: 1500 meter

Known since: 1947, last detected: 1987

Details measurements/cartography: H01965/48 24.6.69 H01965/48 24.6.69 SCUTTLED IN POSN 474730N, 082100W. NCA - PLOTS IN ABOUT 1500 MTRS. H4169/87 16.7.87 H4169/87 16.7.87 SAILED 5.9.47. SINKING POSN UNKNOWN. (D/NHB/9/7/1 LOOSE MINUTE, 29.6.87).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 47 47.5 N,8 21 W

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