This is the information page about the shipwreck Uruguay, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 43 40 N,12 16 W (43.666666666667, -12.266666666667)

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: URUGUAY

Length 109.4 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 9.1, tonnage 3425 ton

Cause: built in 1921 by n v sheepsbouwerf de maas. owned at time of loss by compania argentinea de nav mihanovich. triple expansion engine of 388nhp. passage rosario for limerick. captured and sunk by a bomb. 15 men lost. (dods & ww2 br msl).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 5050 meter

Known since: 1940

Details measurements/cartography: 18.9.40 18.9.40 SANK IN 434000N, 121600W APPROX. (LLOYDS). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 43 40 N,12 16 W

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