This is the information page about the shipwreck Trocas, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 39 7.523 N,24 37.21 E (39.125383333333, 24.620166666667)
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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: TROCAS
Length 105.9 meter, width: 13.9 meter, draught: 8.3, tonnage 4129 ton
Load: oil
Cause: vessel, built 1893 by j laing. owned at time of loss by the anglo-saxon petroleum co. triple expansion engine of 9.5 knots. on passage from abadan for salonica. was sunk by u-boat 10m ne of skyros lt ho. 24 men lost. (dods).
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 550 meter
Known since: 1918
Details measurements/cartography: 1.9.72 1SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 10M NE OF SKYROS LTHSE, IN 390735N, 243715E APPROX. (LLWWI). NCA. FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 39 7.523 N,24 37.21 E