This is the information page about the shipwreck Arne kjode (fore part), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 59 5.337 N,5 55.79 W (59.166666666667, -6.1666666666667)

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: ARNE KJODE (FORE PART)

Length 154.8 meter, width: 21 meter, draught: 11, tonnage 11019 ton

Cause: 12.11.39 built in 1938 by deutsche werft a g. owned at time of loss by a/s inger. oil engine of 1360 hp. on passage from aruba for nyborg. badly damaged by a torpedo from a german submarine on 12.11.39. five lives lost. later sunk by british naval vessels. (dods).

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 83 meter, Height above seabed: 160 cm

Known since: 1939, last detected: 1980

Details measurements/cartography: H1068/39 22.11.39 REPORTED BY AIRCRAFT THAT FORE SECTION OF ARNE KJODE IS 0.5M FROM SULISHER ROCK, 590600N, 061200W. (F.O.C.O. & S MESSAGE DTD 15.11.39) H1068/39 22.11.39 HMS CHITRAL REPORTS HAVING SUNK ARNE KJODE IN 590600N, 065500W. (C IN C ROSYTH MESSAGE DTD 15.11.39) H1068/39 13.12.39 FORE PART OF ARNE KJODE WAS SUNK IN 590550N, 055610W. POSN OBTAINED BY CROSS BEARINGS FROM THE LAND. (HMS CHITRAL, 10.12.39) NCA YET. H1068/39 18.12.39 FORE PART SUNK IN 590550N, 055610W IN 45FMS. AFT PART [SEE 56082] IN 592600N, 071000W IN 500FMS. (C IN C ROSYTH, 15.12.39) NCA. 24.6.69 POSN 585100N, 080700W. (BR 1337). H8065/39 3.3.80 FORE PART SUNK IN 590550N, 055610W. AFT PART [SEE 56082] IN 592600N, 071000W IN 50FMS. (REF: H1068/39). H1936/79 3.3.81 LOCATED 29.6.80 IN 590522N, 055543W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 71 IN GEN DEPTH 83MTRS. DCS3 HT 9.8MTRS, LYING 160/340DEGS ON SANDY BOTTOM. (HMS HERALD, HI 7A/79-80). BR STD. 3.5.07 EUT POSN: 5905.337N, 0555.790W. NE 2720.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 59 5.337 N,5 55.79 W

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