This is the information page about the shipwreck Tortuguero, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 50 N,15 30 W (55.833333333333, -15.5)

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: TORTUGUERO

Length 114 meter, width: 14.3 meter, draught: 8.8, tonnage 4175 ton

Cause: built in 1909 by a stephen sons. owned at time of loss by elders & fyffes. triple expansion engine of 413nhp for 13.5 knots. passage liverpool for jamaica. torpedoed by u-156. (dods & krieg zur zee).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 400 meter

Known since: 1918, last detected: 1918

Details measurements/cartography: M31611 29.6.18 SINKING POSN 555000N, 153000W ACCORDING TO MASTER. (DCWO WESTPORT, IRELAND IDSA). M31728 1.7.18 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 550500N, 144900W. (DCWO N IRISH DISTRICT IDSA). M31949 2.7.18 SINKING POSN 550500N, 144900W (SNO KILLYBEGS IDSA). M32325 6.7.18 48 HOURS OUT FROM LIVERPOOL TO JAMAICA. (B OF T W.R. 1590). SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 205 MILES NW QUARTER N FROM EAGLE ISLAND OFF COUNTY MAYO. (WW1SL & DODS).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 55 50 N,15 30 W

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