This is the information page about the shipwreck Ville de hasselt, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 59.983 N,9 0.039 W (56.999716666667, -9.00065)

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: VILLE DE HASSELT

Length 133.2 meter, width: 17.7 meter, draught: 11, tonnage 7461 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: ex-american trader '40 & ex-marne. built in 1920 by american intinternational shipbuilding corporation, hog island, pa. two s turbines of 1295 hp, single shaft. machinery by electric company, erie, pa. passage liverpool for new yorktorpedoed by u-46. crew of 63 recovered. (ll ww2, ww2sl, sib & axis submarine successes).

Water depth above wreck: 120 meter

Known since: 1940

Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 570000N, 090000W [UND]. (WW2SL). BOAT RECOVERED 60M NW 1/2 N (MAG) FROM BARRA HD. (PRO). SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 571500N, 101300W [UND]. (U BOAT REPORT). U BOAT'S POSN CONSIDERED MOST LIKELY. NCA. FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 56 59.983 N,9 0.039 W

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