This is the information page about the shipwreck Upwey grange, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 20 N,15 28 W (54.333333333333, -15.466666666667)
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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: UPWEY GRANGE
Length 131.4 meter, width: 18.9 meter, draught: 10.7, tonnage 9130 ton
Cause: built in 1925 by fairfield sb eng co. owned at time of loss by houlder line. oil engine of 1648nhp for 15 knots. passge buenos aires for london. torpedoed by u-37. 37 men lost. (dods & axis submarine successes).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 2700 meter
Known since: 1940, last detected: 1987
Details measurements/cartography: POSN GIVEN AS 550300N, 135300W. (LLOYDS & D.S.). SUNK APPROX 200MILES W OF ACHILL HEAD, COUNTY MAYO. (DODS). 10.8.87 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 542000N 152800W, CONFIRMED BY POSN OF ATTACK ACCORDING TO U-BOAT PATROL REPORT. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 54 20 N,15 28 W