This is the information page about the shipwreck Tregenna, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 22 N,15 45 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: TREGENNA
Length 121.9 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 5242 ton
Cause: built in 1919 by w grey & co. owned at time of loss by hain ss co. triple expansion engine of 517nhp for 11 knots. passage halifax for newport, wales. torpedoed by u-65 33 men lost. (dods, axis submarine successes & wartime standard ships vol.3).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 1070 meter
Known since: 1940, last detected: 1987
Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 582100N, 154500W. 14.2.78 SUNK APPROX 300 MILES NW OF LEWIS, HEBRIDES. (DODS). 29.7.87 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 582200N, 154200W. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). PLOTS IN APPROX 1100MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 58 22 N,15 45 W