This is the information page about the shipwreck Victor ross, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 4 N,18 30 W (56.066666666667, -18.5)
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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: VICTOR ROSS
Length 159.1 meter, width: 21.3 meter, draught: 11.6, tonnage 12247 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: built in 1933 by bremer vulkan. owned at time of loss by british mexican petroleum co. oil engine of 1200nhp for 12 knots. passage liverpool for new york. torpedoed by u-43. (dods & axis submarine successes).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 1450 meter
Known since: 1940, last detected: 1987
Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 560400N, 183000W. 5.8.87 SINKING POSN AS ABOVE PLOTS IN APPROX 1450 MTRS. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). SUNK APPROX 250 MILES SW OF ROCKALL. (DODS).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 56 4 N,18 30 W