This is the information page about the shipwreck Blomvaag (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 39.45 N,1 19.845 W (57.757033333333, -1.3633833333333)
Open the Water Map of this area in a full window
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: BLOMVAAG (POSSIBLY)
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 95 meter, Height above seabed: 170 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 2009
Details measurements/cartography: 23.3.17 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 573930N, 012000W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). INS WK (OLD SYMBOL). BR STD. SANK IN 574000N, 012000E. (LL WW1). H4087/26 24.6.26 AMEND TO NDW PA (1917). BR STD. H2205/66 17.6.66 NDW LOCATED IN 573936N, 012000W [OGB] USING DECCA. ACCURACY 100 YDS. ECHO VERY GOOD. MAX SONAR RANGE ON BEARING 260 DEGS. GEN DEPTH 55FMS. (HMS MALCOLM). AMEND TO NDW IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 24.8.78 AMENDED TO WK USC 65MTRS. NC 115. (TONNAGE KNOWN). HH091/155/01 19.1.10 SEP 2010/000027978 LOCATED 17.3.09 IN 5739.450N, 0119.845W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 93.44 IN GEN DEPTH 95.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 27MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS, HT 2.5MTRS. LIES 170/350 DEGS. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. HIGHLY DEGRADED. (GARDLINE HYDRO, HI 1155). POSSIBLY PART OF BLOMVAAG. AMEND WK 93MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: HIGHLY DEGRADED, POSSIBLY PART OF THIS WK
Position: 57 39.45 N,1 19.845 W