Maritime record 3012 - ARLITA: OUTER HEBRIDES, ATLANTIC

Summary

57 51 00N, 009 28 00W, steam trawler Arlita, sunk WWII

Location

Grid reference Not recorded
Map sheet Not recorded
Parish MARITIME, Western Isles

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No mapped location recorded.

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

ME40NW 8001 4252 0968
N 57 51 W 9 28

Quality of fix = PA
Horizontal Datum = UND
General water depth = 280

Circumstances of Loss Details
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The steam trawler ARLITA was capture and sunk by German submarine U35, whilst en-route from Fleetwood for the fishing ground.
Sources; World War Ii ShippingLoses, Lloyd;s World War II Shipping Loses, Axis Submarine Successes.

Surveying Details
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2 May 1991. The position given in the sources above is 57 51 00N, 009 28 00W approxmatley or 22 miles WNE of St Kilda. Thsi plots into 280 metres.

Hydrographic Office, 1995.

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Record last edited

Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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