This is the information page about the shipwreck Alexander l kielland, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 59 18.612 N,5 53.493 E (59.3102, 5.89155)

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: ALEXANDER L KIELLAND

Length 103 meter, width: 99.1 meter, draught: 34.7, tonnage 10105 ton

Cause: 27.3.80 capsized in stormy seas when one of the 5 support legs broke off on 27.3.80 while in the ekofisk oil field, north sea. was towed to boknafjord, near stavanger, where unsuccessful attempts were made to right it. was eventually righted & towed to a dumping ground in nedstrandsfjorden & scuttled on 18.11.83. (msd) when complete this structure had max draught of 35mtrs & supported a 51.2mtrs derrick. photographs of scuttling indicate that this derrick had upper section missing when rig was sunk.

Year of registration: 1983

Water depth above wreck: 705 meter

Known since: 1983, last detected: 2016

Details measurements/cartography: 19.11.90 WAS SCUTTLED OFF BJERGOY IN 591800N, 055400E APPROX, IN ABOUT 700MTRS. AN AREA IN WHICH PREVIOUS DISPOSALS HAVE BEEN MADE. (D MYLES, JET RESEARCH CENTER, INC., TELECON 19.11.90) NCA. HH308/350/02 28.5.92 PAPERS RELATING TO SEARCH & RESCUE OPERATIONS AT TIME OF CAPSIZE & EVENTUAL SCUTTLING IN NEDSTRANDSFJORDEN. SHOWN AS NDW IN 591838.5N, 055335E [EUR], GEN DEPTH 700MTRS ON NORWEGIAN 15 [FEB '92 EDN]. NCA, TOO DEEP TO CHART. 6.6.03 NDW SHOWN ON NORWEGIAN 15 [ADOPTION]. BA 3540 [1ST EDN DEC '00]. 28.6.07 SHOWN IN 5918.612N, 0553.493E [WGD] ON NORWEGIAN 15 [NOV '05 EDN, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 3540. SHOWN AS WK 701 MTRS IN 5918.612N, 0553.493E [WGD] ON NORWEGIAN 306 [ED JUNE 2016, COR 15.7.16]. AMEND TO WK 701 MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 59 18.612 N,5 53.493 E

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