This is the information page about the shipwreck Titan, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 14 N,15 50 W (58.366666666667, -15.75)
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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: TITAN
Length 148.1 meter, width: 17.7 meter, draught: 11.9, tonnage 9035 ton
Cause: built in 1906 by d & w henderson & co. owned at time of loss by ocean ss co. triple expansion engine of 585nhp. passage london for sydney. torpedoed by u-47. six men lost. (dods & axis submarine successes).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 1074 meter
Known since: 1940, last detected: 1987
Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 581400N, 155000W. SUNK APPROX 300 MILES W OF THE HEBRIDES. (DODS). 29.7.87 SINKING POSN AS ABOVE PLOTS IN APPROX 1074 MTRS. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 58 14 N,15 50 W