This is the information page about the shipwreck Bogstad, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 47.423 N,4 51.678 W (50.822183333333, -4.5627833333333)
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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: BOGSTAD
Length 77.8 meter, width: 11.6 meter, tonnage 1589 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore
Cause: built in 1910 by osbourne, graham & co ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by fearnley & eger, oslo. triple expansion engine. passage bilbao for cardiff. mined. (ll ww1).
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 49 meter, Height above seabed: 30 cm
Known since: 1918, last detected: 2011
Details measurements/cartography: H6346/87/2 27.3.91 H6346/87/2 27.3.91 WK LOCATED 11.3.91 IN 504726N, 045139W [OGB] USING HYPERFIX DURING SEARCH FOR 'LADY SYLVIA'. LEAST E/S DEPTH 41.5 IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. DCS3 HT 8MTRS. (HMS FAWN, HN DTD 11.3.91). CHART AS WK 41MTRS. BR STD. HH220/440/03 4.4.97 HH220/440/03 4.4.97 IDENTIFIED AS THE `BOGSTAD' BY THE BELL. ESTIMATED LENGTH 67MTRS. (G J POUND). INS BY NM.
- NM 1534/97. 24.8.11 24.8.11 LOCATED 1.4.10 IN 5047.423N, 0451.678W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 43.86 IN GEN DEPTH 49MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 88MTRS, WIDTH 24MTRS, HT 5.2MTRS. LIES 030/210 DEGS WITH BOWS SW. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). PROBABLY INTACT & UPRIGHT. AMEND WK 43MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: APPARENTLY INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS SSW
Position: 50 47.423 N,4 51.678 W