This is the information page about the shipwreck B o borjesson, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 36.092 N,0 20.625 E (53.56915, 0.0936)

 

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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.

 

1. Ac 9
2. Airdrie (possibly)
3. Amelie-mathilde
4. Amenity
5. Argo
6. Audacity
7. Avalon
8. B o borjesson
9. Bellerophon
10. Benmacdhui
11. Box hill
12. Breitenburg
13. British councillor
14. British prince
15. Briton (possibly)
16. Cadmus
17. Canada
18. Capitaine edmond laborie
19. Chloris (possibly)
20. City of birmingham
21. Corhampton
22. Corinth (possibly)
23. Corland
24. Cramlington (possibly)
25. Dana (possibly)
26. Daphne ii
27. Dayrian
28. Deerpool (after section)
29. Deerpool (for'd section)
30. Deodata
31. Diana
32. Dido
33. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
34. Dunsany
35. Empress (probably)
36. Ethel (possibly)
37. Exmoor
38. Fane
39. Faunus
40. Femke
41. Fermo
42. Flourish
43. Fowberry tower (part)
44. Fowberry tower (part)
45. Francis
46. Fryken
47. Georgie
48. Georgios
49. Gerhardt (possibly)
50. Girl kitty (possibly)
51. Giuseppe
52. Gladeto
53. Gluckauf (possibly)
54. Gothic
55. Grangemouth
56. Harlech
57. Hms benvolio
58. Hms botanic
59. Hms calverton
60. Hms corfield
61. Hms cortina
62. Hms dervish
63. Hms egret
64. Hms kos xvi (probably)
65. Hms lormont
66. Hms mistletoe
67. Hms othello
68. Hms princess victoria
69. Hms remillo
70. Hms st cyrus
71. Hms strathborve (part)
72. Hms susarion
73. Hms warland (possibly)
74. Homer
75. Horsted
76. Ightham (possibly)
77. Ionic (probably)
78. J b paddon
79. Jane (possibly)
80. Janet helen (possibly)
81. Jersey (probably)
82. John and thomas
83. John mowlem
84. John rettig (probably)
85. Kalo (probably)
86. Katina bulgari
87. Kimberley (possibly)
88. Konstantinos hadjipateras
89. Kyma
90. Ladas (possibly)
91. Lady anstruther (probably)
92. Lancaster (possibly)
93. Laurel (possibly)
94. Lifeguard (possibly)
95. Lightship no 83
96. Lincolnshire time and tide bell
97. Lindy sue
98. Lismore
99. Lord haig (possibly)
100. Lord haig (possibly)
101. Lord selborne
102. Lottie (possibly)
103. Lucerne
104. Lutha
105. Lyra (bow section)
106. Magdalyn ann
107. Maggie
108. Magnolia
109. Mangalore (part of)(possibly)
110. Marian francis
111. Marie dawn
112. Marshall (probably)
113. Matanuska (probably)
114. Merchiston
115. Modig
116. Modiva (possibly)
117. Monimia (possibly)
118. Nautilus
119. Nimrod
120. Odessa
121. Onesta
122. Ophir ii (possibly)
123. Orsa
124. Otis tetrax
125. Paraciers
126. Polzella (possibly)
127. Portia
128. Ravonia (part)
129. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
130. Rayford
131. Realf
132. Reculver
133. Retriever
134. Revello
135. Revi
136. Revigo (possibly)
137. Rhuys
138. Rievaulx abbey
139. Rivaulx
140. River don (part of)(probably)
141. River witham
142. Rivergate
143. Rosebud (possibly)
144. Sagacity
145. Salacon
146. Salmondby
147. Saltoun
148. Sandra glen
149. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
150. Schieland (possibly)
151. Sea pearl
152. Sota eduardo
153. Stylianos chandris
154. Thessaly
155. Togston (possibly)
156. Triton
157. Umbe
158. Upminster (possibly)
159. Varangmalm (possibly)
160. Vechstroom
161. Venture (possibly)
162. Wayside flower (possibly)
163. Whitemantle (possibly)
164. William hanson
165. Windsor (part of)
166. Windsor (part of)
167. Winga
168. Xavier
169. Xavier
170. Zeemermin

 

Name: B O BORJESSON

Length 79.6 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1586 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1907 by akt ges. 'neptun'. triple expansion engine. sunk by mine while on passage london for tyne & sunderland. owned at time of loss by rederi a/b gefion. 6 lives lost.

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 15 meter, Height above seabed: 100 cm

Known since: 1939, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: H0163/39 28.11.39 DW SUNK 081DEGS, 8.5M FROM SPURN LTHO. MARKED BY G CONL LT BUOY, GPFL(3)10S. (TRINITY HOUSE, 28.11.39).

- NM 2705/39 & FNM 2706/39. H0273/41 27.1.41 DW IN 533605N, 002050E. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 179/41. H01624/44 14.6.44 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 3FMS 5FT. (CAPT M/S HUMBER).

- NM 1213/44. H0163/39 14.7.47 DISPERSED TO 45FT IN 533606N, 002054E. (C-IN-C NORE 29.6.47) H0163/39 14.7.48 CLEAR AT 39 FT, FOUL AT 40FT. SCOUR 8FT. POSN 533603N, 002037E. (SO HMSMLS 29.6.48). H0163/39 7.6.49 NO TRACE FOUND. CONSIDERED PROBABLY DISPERSED. (C-IN-C NORE 26.5.49) H0163/39 1.9.49 LOCATED BY E/S. LEAST DEPTH 44FT. SCOUR 52FT. SURROUNDING DEPTH 45FT. OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 42FT, FOUL AT 43FT [MLWS]. TIDE READINGS GRIMSBY. POSN 533605N, 002050E, FIXED BY DECCA. TRACING HELD. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER JULY 1949). CHART AS WK 7FMS.

- NM 1764/49. H6450/68 5.12.68 LOCATED 28.5.68 IN 533606N, 002040E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S OVER WK 45FT. GENERAL E/S DEPTH 48FT. DEPTH OF SCOUR BY E/S 55FT [LAT]. WK LIES IN OWN SCOUR AND BANK ECHOES PREDOMINATE. (HMS EGERIA, HI 39/68). BR STD. H4601/68 15.8.72 LOCATED IN 533608.1N 002043E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST DEPTH, BY DIVER, SONAR & E/S, 12.45MTRS. (HMS NURTON & SO ISS 8.8.72). NC 109. H2395/73 9.1.74 LOCATED IN 533605N, 002042E USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.1 IN GEN DEPTH 14.6MTRS. SCOUR 17.0MTRS [LAT]. FLAT SEABED. WK FOUND LYING IN ITS OWN SCOUR. (HMS EGERIA, K6826/2). RETAIN HMS NURTON'S POSN AND DEPTH. NCA. 6.8.01 RECORD REVIEWED. INCORRECT DEPTH QUALITY APPLIED. NOT SWEPT. AMEND TO WK 12.4MTRS. BR STD. 4.9.13 EXAM'D 19.5.13 IN 5336.092N, 0020.625E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 14.12 IN GEN DEPTH 15.5MTRS. LENGTH 71MRS, WIDTH 18MTRS, HT 1.38MTRS. LIES 100/280 DEGS WITH BOWS E. WELL BROKEN, POSSIBLY PARTLY BURIED. (NETSURVEY, HI 1401). DEBRIS WITH SCOUR HOLE AT EACH END. AMEND WK 14.1 IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: COLLAPSED, BOWS E, SCOUR AT BOTH ENDS

Position: 53 36.092 N,0 20.625 E

 

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