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 (50.302916666667, -3.1211333333333)

 

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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. Ailsa craig (probably)
2. Aleyna
3. Algarve
4. Angelena bm 271
5. Avalanche
6. Bamse (probably)
7. Bayonne
8. Bokn (possibly)
9. Boma
10. Borgund i (possibly)
11. Broomhill (probably)
12. Chateau yqem
13. Cheshire
14. Chorley
15. City of swansea (probably)
16. Cornelia
17. Einar jarl
18. Gefion
19. General leman (possibly)
20. Gibel-hamam
21. Glocliffe
22. Gorizia
23. Grane
24. Greleen
25. Greta c
26. Gudrun
27. Heroine (probably)
28. Hms amazon
29. Hms bittern
30. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
31. Hms boadicea
32. Hms buccaneer
33. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
34. Hms formidable
35. Hms harstad
36. Hms hickory
37. Hms loch erinboll (stern part)(probably)
38. Hms lord hailsham
39. Hms manor
40. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
41. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
42. Hms remindo (possibly)
43. Isbjorn
44. Karen marie (probably)
45. Kongshaug (probably)
46. L h carl
47. La blanca (possibly)
48. Lct 381
49. Lofoten (probably)
50. Lord stewart
51. Lst 507 (bow section)
52. Lst 507 (stern section)
53. Lst 531
54. Lucinda (possibly)
55. Majorca
56. Marguerite (possibly)
57. Marie des isles
58. Marjolene
59. Memnon
60. Minerva (probably)
61. Modavia
62. Moel tryvan
63. Moidart
64. Motano (probably)
65. Nil desperandum (probably)
66. Nyasaland
67. Ocean vagabond
68. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
69. Pergo
70. Pomella
71. Pomeranian
72. Radaas (probably)
73. Reggestroom (probably)
74. Renilde
75. Romsdalen (probably)
76. Rosten (possibly)
77. Rotorua
78. Salsette ii
79. Siren
80. Sparkling foam (possibly)
81. St dunstan
82. Ster de zee (possibly)
83. Tandil (probably)
84. Tracy
85. Trito
86. Ub 19 (probably)
87. Ull (probably)
88. Ursa (probably)
89. W h dwyer
90. Westergate (probably)

 

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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