This is the information page about the shipwreck Tritonia (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 36.2 N,7 52.94 W (55.799933333333, -7.9008)
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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: TRITONIA (POSSIBLY)
Length 128 meter, tonnage 4272 ton
Cause: built in 1893 by d & w henderson & co, glasgow. owned at time of loss by donaldson line ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 411 nhp, single shaft. passage partington for st john's, newfoundland. mined. no lives lost. (sii).
Year of registration: 1914
Water depth above wreck: 76 meter
Known since: 1914, last detected: 1997
Details measurements/cartography: MINED 22 MILES NNE OF TORY ISLAND. POSN 553600N, 075800W FOR FILING ONLY. HH292/500/02 15.1.97 WK LOCATED IN 553612N, 075253W [?OSI] BY FV SEAN POL. POSN CONFIRMED BY FV PARACLETE. E/S INDICATED WK UP TO 3FMS ABOVE SEABED. (MRCC DUBLIN, FAX DTD 9.1.97). INS AS USC 68MTRS.
- NM 560/97. 13.2.13 [WGD] POSN: 5536.200N, 0752.940W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 55 36.2 N,7 52.94 W