This is the information page about the shipwreck Urbino, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 7.04 N,7 24.964 W (49.425633333333, -7.1758166666667)
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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: URBINO
Length 135.9 meter, width: 17.4 meter, draught: 9.1, tonnage 6651 ton
Load: armament,general and mixed goods
Cause: captured by enemy submarine and then sunk by gunfire in position 67 miles sw by w bishop rock. (ww1sl). 11.12.74 en route new york to hull. (dti telecom 11.12.74).
Year of registration: 1915
Water depth above wreck: 136 meter
Known since: 1915, last detected: 1974
Details measurements/cartography: H4847/71 3.5.72 H4847/71 3.5.72 LOCATED IN 490700N, 072455W USING DECCA. GEN DEPTH 446FT. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 36FT. (RISDON BEAZLEY, ULRICH HARMS LTD., 13.4.72). CHART AS WK 65FMS [119MTRS]. BR STD. H4847/71 11.12.74 H4847/71 11.12.74 REPORTED TO BE THE BRITISH MERCHANT SS 'URBINO'. (RISDON BEAZLEY MARINE LTD., 10.12.74). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 49 7.04 N,7 24.964 W