This is the information page about the shipwreck William clarke, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 71 2 N,13 5 W (71.033333333333, -13.083333333333)

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: WILLIAM CLARKE

Length 134.4 meter, width: 17.4 meter, draught: 11.3, tonnage 7176 ton
Load: machinery and mechanical parts

Cause: built in 1942 by the oregon sb corp. passge hvalfjord for archangel. torpedoed by u-354 off jan mayen island following earlier attack by ju-88 of ii./kg.30. cargo included aeroplanes, tanks and ammunition. (dods, lloyds war losses wwii, axis submarine successes 1939-45, liberty ships).

Year of registration: 1942

Water depth above wreck: 290 meter

Known since: 1942, last detected: 1996

Details measurements/cartography: 15.9.72 VESSEL SUNK IN 710500N, ?131000E APPROX. (LIBERTY SHIPS, AXIS SUB SUCCESSES). NCA. 11.2.96 VARIOUS POSN'S QUOTED, NOTABLY: 710200N, 130500W APPROX, ACCEPTED BY NAVAL AUTHORITIES; 710500N, 132000W APPROX. (LLOYDS WAR LOSSES). GERMAN GRID POSN, QUOTED IN AXIS SUB SUCCESSES, AGREES WITH W'LY POSN NOT E. FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 71 2 N,13 5 W

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