This is the information page about the shipwreck Torrington, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 8 N,9 0 W (48.133333333333, -9)

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: TORRINGTON

Length 118.9 meter, width: 16.8 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 5597 ton

Cause: built in 1905 by w doxford & co. owned at time of loss by the tatem steam nav co. triple expansion engines of 359nhp for 10knots. torpedoed and sunk by german submarine. 34 lives lost and the captain was taken prisoner. (dods).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 650 meter

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: M54928 5.12.18 SUNK 160M WSW OF THE SCILLY ISLES. POSN 480800N, 093300W. NCA. 13.6.90 SHOWN IN 4808.00N, 0900.00W [EUR] AS NDW PA ON SPANISH 4A. NCA. 27.10.08 SHOWN IN 4808.00N, 0900.00W [UND] ON FRENCH 7211 [4TH EDN' 08, 1:1000,000]. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 48 8 N,9 0 W

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