This is the information page about the shipwreck Trafalgar (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 50.03 N,10 38.04 W (50.833833333333, -10.634)
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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: TRAFALGAR (POSSIBLY)
Length 117.3 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 8.1, tonnage 4572 ton
Load: fertiliser: natural and products
Cause: built 1911 by russell & co ltd., port glasgow, with 3 cylinder compound engine of 433hp, 3 boilers single shaft. machinery by d rowan & co, glasgow. owned at time of loss by glasgow shipowners co. ltd., glasgow. passage mejillones for glasgow on admiralty charter. captured by german submarine u38 and sunk using bombs, 54m sw by w from fastnet. crew of 32 rescued. (ww1sl, llww1, sibi, & naval staff monographs vol 14).
Year of registration: 1945
Water depth above wreck: 157 meter
Known since: UNKNOWN, last detected: 1945
Details measurements/cartography: [NO DATE] SINKING POSN GIVEN AS SW APPROACH. (NAVAL STAFF MONOGRAPHS VOL.14). NCA. [NO DATE] SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 54M SW BY W FROM FASTNET. (WW1SL, LLWW1 & SIBI) NCA. H109/45 9.5.45 H109/45 1945 WK IN 505000N, 103800W. LENGTH 200FT, HEIGHT 18FT. (W APP LIST 9.5.45). NCA YET.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 50 50.03 N,10 38.04 W