This is the information page about the shipwreck Tymeric, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 0 N,20 30 W (57, -20.5)
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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: TYMERIC
Length 121.9 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 5228 ton
Cause: built in 1919 by hawthorn, leslie & co. owned at time of loss by bank line. triple expansion engine of 517nhp. passage hull for buenos aires. torpedoed by u-123. (dods & axis submarine successes).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 1500 meter
Known since: 1940, last detected: 1987
Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 570000N, 203000W. 31.7.87 SINKING POSN AS ABOVE. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). SUNK APPROX 600 MILES W OF THE HEBRIDES. (DODS).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 57 0 N,20 30 W