This is the information page about the shipwreck Baron stjernblad, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 55.654 N,1 55.958 W (55.683333333333, -18.4)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: BARON STJERNBLAD
Length 61.2 meter, width: 9.5 meter, draught: 4.8, tonnage 991 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: built in 1890 by motala m v, gothenburg. owned at time of loss by det. forende dmsk. selsk. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 99hp, single shaft. passage hull for copenhagen. torpedoed and later shelled by uc-44. (sibi)
Year of registration: 1945
Water depth above wreck: 74 meter, Height above seabed: 67 cm
Known since: 1945, last detected: 20220327
Details measurements/cartography: H066/45 24.4.45 WK IN 555530N, 015600W. GOOD E/S TRACE. (ROSYTH LIST, APPENDIX I DTD 24.4.45). NCA. 6.6.72 INS AS NDW PA. NE 1192. 7.11.72 AMEND TO WK USC PA 15FMS. NE 1407. H4622/71 14.9.72 AMEND TO WK USC PA 28MTRS NC 160. 16.2.78 AMENDED TO NDW PA. NC 1407. 18.6.01 WK LOCATED IN 5555.652N, 0155.984W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 63.8 IN GEN DEPTH 74MTRS. HT 9.8MTRS. (GARDLINE, HN DTD 16.6.01). AMEND TO WK 63MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/915/01 16.1.02 EXAM'D 26.5.01 IN 5555.652N, 0155.984W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 63.8 IN GEN DEPTH 74MTRS. SCOUR <0.5MTRS EXTENDS 1MTR TOWARDS 140 DEGS. LENGTH 64MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. DCS3 HT 9.8MTRS. LIES 050/230 DEGS WITH BOWS 230 DEGS. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 915). HOLDS VISIBLE ON DCS3. ?STERN MISSING. BR STD. 15.1.09 DIVED AND IDENTIFIED AS BARON STJERNBLAD FROM BUTTONS RECOVERED WITH SHIPPING COMPANY NAME ON THEM. (I EASINGWOOD, E-MAIL DTD 13.1,09) NCA. RSDRA2022000214078 3.10.22 EXAM'D 27.03.2022; IN 5555.654N, 0155.958W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 67MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 74MTRS. LENGTH 66.14MTRS, WIDTH 13.15MTRS, HEIGHT 6MTRS, ORIENTATION 067/247 DEGS. INTACT, UPRIGHT, STERN HAS DISINTEGRATED. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI1711 - H525-4496). AMEND NDW 67MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, STERN HAS DISINTEGRATED
Position: 55 55.654 N,1 55.958 W