This is the information page about the shipwreck Towa, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 49 N,10 9 W (58.816666666667, -10.15)

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: TOWA

Length 128 meter, width: 16.8 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 5419 ton
Load: vehicles,grain

Cause: built 1930. was torpedoed & sunk by u 96 whilst en-route montreal to oban. owned at time of loss by maats. n.v. vrachtvaart. (dods & axis submarine successes). en-route sorel to london. (ll ww2).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 1800 meter

Known since: 1940

Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN 584900N, 100900W. 28.7.87 POSN GIVEN AS APPROX 100M S OF ROCKALL. (DODS) & 550000N, 101000W. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). THIS POSN IS BELIEVED INCORRECT AS U 96 CLAIMS TO HAVE SUNK VESSEL AT 2052 ON 11 DEC, & ALSO TO HAVE SUNK 'ROTORUA' IN 585600N, 112000W AT 1512 ON 11 DEC, & 'MACEDONIER' AT 0431 ON 12 DEC IN 575200N, 084200W. POSN OF ATTACK ACCORDING TO U BOAT PATROL REPORT WHICH GIVES REF. AM 2618 WOULD APPEAR TO AGREE WITH POSN 584900N, 100900W. (AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). 17.6.91 SURVIVORS PICKED UP IN 584900N, 100900W. (LL WW2). PLOTS IN OVER 1800MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 58 49 N,10 9 W

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