This is the information page about the shipwreck Bokn (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 21.996 N,2 58.987 W (50.366600, -2.983117)

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: BOKN (POSSIBLY)

Length 58.8 meter, width: 8.5 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 698 ton

Cause: ex-urda, ex-blindensol, ex-grenheim, bokn 1925-1942. built 1890 by bergens, mek vrks, bergen, norway. triple expansion engine, one boiler, engine amidships. was part of convoy convoy w.p. 183. torpedoed and sunk by german e-boats. (n r chipchase).

Year of registration: 1942

Water depth above wreck: 53 meter, Height above seabed: 31 cm

Known since: 1942, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: H2412/42 9.7.42 H2412/42 97.42 WK LOCATED IN POSN 502212N 025930W PROBABLY ONE OF SIX VESSELS SUNK ON 9.7.42 THESE WERE THE BOKN, KONGSHAUG, MANOR, POMELLA, REGGESTROOM & ROSTEN. (C IN C PLYMOUTH 9.7.42). INS ON CHARTS. H6025/53 22.7.55 H6025/53 22.7.55 EXAM'D IN 502158N, 025855W USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23FMS IN GEN DEPTH 29FMS. SEA BED SHELL AND SAND. LIES 000/180 DEG. (SCES/HMS SCOTT 29.9.54). AMEND TO WK 23FMS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H3950/70 24.5.71 H3950/70 24.5.71 AMEND TO WK 42MTRS. NC 33. H5982/82 20.1.83 H5982/82 20.1.83 WK SHOWN IN 502155N, 025855W ON KINGFISHER CHARTS K(SW)1 & 2, 1982. HH100/351/11 16.7.96 HH100/351/11 16.7.96 WK LIES N/S WITH STERN TO SOUTH. UPRIGHT BUT WELL BROKEN JUST FWD OF BOILER. BOILER LIES AT 30 DEGS TO SEABED, HIGH END FWD. FWD OF BOILER THERE IS AN AREA OF DEBRIS AND COALS. ENGINE AFT OF BOILER. WINCH AND HOLD AFT OF BOILER/ENGINE. TOP OF 3 CYLINDER ENGINE SEEN. (N R CHIPCHASE). HH090/961/01 8.12.03 HH090/961/01 8.12.03 EXAM'D 12.7.03 IN 5121.996N, 0258.987W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 47.2 IN GEN DEPTH 53MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 57MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.5MTRS. LIES OVERALL 031/211 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 211 DEGS. DEBRIS EXTENDS 13MTRS N AND W. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT AND BROKEN IN TWO PIECES. N SECTION LIES 061/241 DEGS AND S SECTION LIES 001/181 DEGS. (GARDLINE, HI 961). AMEND WK 47MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BROKEN IN TWO, STERN TO S

Position: 50 21.996 N,2 58.987 W

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