This is the information page about the shipwreck Name nicht bekannt, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 41.975 N,4 12.085 W (58.805166666667, -4.3572)

The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, 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: Name nicht bekannt

Length 93.3 meter, width: 11.2 meter, tonnage 1300 ton

Cause: 17.8.43 a 'captain' class frigate (us buckley-class destroyer escorts). built in bethlem, higham. transferred 17.8.43 on lend-lease. three 3 inch aa, ten 20mm aa guns. 600bhp for 20 knots. complement 200 men. torpedoed by by u-775. struck midships and broke in half. stern portion sinking 2 hours later. 97 men rescued by hms hesperus. (colledege & warship losses of ww2).

Water depth above wreck: 100 meter

Known since: 1944

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK IN 5842.0N, 0412.0W. (AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES, ROWNER). NCA.(STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 1110/12)
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 58 41.975 N,4 12.085 W

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