This is the information page about the shipwreck Veronica (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 22.205 N,8 41.417 W (55.383583333333, -8.5494166666667)
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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: VERONICA (POSSIBLY)
Length 72.5 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1316 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore
Cause: built 1918 by limhamn's skeppsarv a/b. owned at time of loss by rederi-a/b activ. three-cylinder, triple-expansion engines of 129nhp. torpedoed & sunk by u-137. passage aguilas for barrow. (dods, ww2sl & axis submarine successes)
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 97 meter, Height above seabed: 175 cm
Known since: 1940, last detected: 2005
Details measurements/cartography: H01001 H01001 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 552000N, 084500W. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). FOR FILING ONLY. NCA. 3.5.07 3.5.07 WK LOCATED IN 5522.205N, 0841.417W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 97MTRS. LENGTH 86MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS, HT 3.3MTRS. (INSS SURVEY 1999-2005). LIES 175.355 DEGS. IN TWO PARTS, IN LINE, WITH THE NORTHERN PART LARGER. POSSIBLY THIS WK. INS AS WK 92MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PARTS, IN LINE, NORTHERN PART LARGER
Position: 55 22.205 N,8 41.417 W