This is the information page about the shipwreck Azalea, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 59 26.96 N,4 49.91 E (59.416666666667, 4.6666666666667)

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: AZALEA

Length 248.1 meter, width: 36.6 meter, draught: 12.5, tonnage 44276 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: 24.3.90 reported leaking in ballast tank and with 15deg list while on passage narvik to bremerhaven. was abandoned by crew and taken in tow by tugs haabull, pax and dux. later capsized and sank. (ll, 24.3.90)

Year of registration: 1990

Water depth above wreck: 210 meter

Known since: 1990, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: HH308/350/01 28.3.90 SANK IN 592700N, 045000E IN ABOUT 200MTRS. (LL, 24.3.90). EXAM'D BY ROV/VIDEO IN DEPTH OF ABOUT 180MTRS. BOW SECTION & BUNKER TANKS HEAVILY DAMAGED. (LL, 28.3.90). NCA YET. SUBNAVLANT 010/90 ISSUED. 25.9.90 REPEAT OF SUBNAV. (NORWEGIAN NM 494/90). HH308/350/02 4.11.91 INS NDW PA IN 592700N, 045000E [EUR]. BR STD. 4.11.93 NDW SHOWN IN 592700N, 045042E ON NORWEGIAN FISHERIES CHART 559 [1993 EDN, 1:800,000]. NCA. 17.1.05 WGD POSN: 5926.960N, 0449.910E. NC 286.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 59 26.96 N,4 49.91 E

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