This is the information page about the shipwreck Borgny, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 35.446 N,1 41.73 W (50.633333333333, -1.4166666666667)

 

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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. Aalesund (possibly)
2. Abel tasman (part of)(possibly)
3. Advanti
4. Ajax
5. Albert c field (probably)
6. Alexandrovna
7. Aparima
8. Azemmour
9. Balmoralwood
10. Baron garioch
11. Betelgeuse (bow section)
12. Betsy anna
13. Bobbyb
14. Borgny
15. Braedale (probably)
16. Brestois
17. Bretagne
18. Britannia (probably)
19. Campen
20. Carbon
21. Carentan
22. Castle crag
23. Castlereagh
24. Ceres (possibly)
25. Cheyenne
26. Clan macvey
27. Clarinda
28. Cleddy (probably)
29. Coquetdale (probably)
30. Derna (probably)
31. Dulce t
32. Dumfries
33. Empire crusader
34. Ernest lagouve
35. Espagne
36. Everleigh
37. Excelsior (possibly)
38. Fenna (probably)
39. Fleur de lys
40. Fluent
41. Georgios kyriakides
42. Goathland
43. Hartley (possibly)
44. Hms acheron (bow section)
45. Hms acheron (stern section)
46. Hms albion ii
47. Hms assurance
48. Hms eleanor (probably)
49. Hms fame
50. Hms john mitchell
51. Hms michael clements
52. Hms new dawn
53. Hms pomone
54. Hms sargasso
55. Hms warwick deeping
56. Hms waterlily
57. Hmsm upstart
58. Iduna
59. Indutionmare
60. Iona
61. Irex
62. Island mist
63. Janna
64. Jgena (possibly)
65. Joannis millas
66. Juno
67. Kong guttorm (probably)
68. Kyarra
69. Lady of avenel
70. Lapwing (possibly) or south western
71. Lct 809
72. Lcvp 120
73. Leny (possibly)
74. Lil boat
75. Lochavon
76. Luxor
77. Magog
78. Margaret smith
79. Mayflower
80. Mechanician
81. Messina
82. Michelle
83. Midland queen
84. Miefield
85. Millmer
86. Minca 35
87. Molina
88. Myrtlegrove (probably)
89. Nailsea lass
90. Navasota
91. Neree (possibly)
92. Nestlea
93. Nichola (probably)
94. Nidarholm
95. Normandy
96. Nw68
97. Nw96
98. Pescalanza
99. Piedras
100. Pool fisher
101. Prinses juliana (part of)(possibly)
102. Reindeer
103. Rosehill (probably)
104. Sally jane
105. San fernando
106. Security (possibly)
107. Serrana (bow section)
108. Serrana (stern part)
109. Sheer grace
110. Smyrna
111. Southampton
112. Spyros (possibly)
113. Start
114. Surdelo
115. Tamele
116. Teamwork
117. Terlings
118. Tiiu
119. Togimo
120. Trafalgar (possibly)
121. U 480
122. Vari solo sailor
123. Varvassi
124. Venezuela
125. Vera (probably)
126. War knight
127. Westville
128. Witte zee
129. Woodbury
130. Woodham

 

Name: BORGNY

Length 69.6 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 4.8, tonnage 1149 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1909 by akers mek., vaerks, christiana. owned at time of loss by akeits., borga. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 111hp, single shaft. passage newport for rouen. cargo coal. thought by master to have been torpedoed but never claimed by u-boat. probably mined.

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 31 meter, Height above seabed: 75 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2012

Details measurements/cartography: SANK OFF THE NEEDLES, 3 MILES DISTANT. (LL WW1SL). 10.3.18 SANK 3.5 TO 4 MILES S BY W FROM THE NEEDLES LT HO, OR 503600N, 013500W, APPROX. (AP REPORT, PORTSMOUTH). NCA. H1242/41 17.3.41 WK IN 503503N, 014119W, 219DEGS NEEDLES LT 6M. HT ABOVE BOTTOM 17FT. (HMS VERNON, 17.3.41). CHART AS DW.

- NM 993/41. H3950/70 6.10.71 NOW CHARTED AS WK 22MTRS. (HMS VERNON, 17.3.41). NC 2615. H1968/77 17.8.81 EXAM'D 16.9.80 IN 503521.5N, 014139W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.7 IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS. DCS3 HT 6MTRS. SCOUR 1.2MTRS. LIES 090/270DEGS. 70-75MTRS LONG. FURTHER SMALL PIECES OF WRECKAGE LYING ABOUT 30MTRS, 310DEGS FROM MAIN WK. (SCESU, HI 81/80). AMEND TO WK 23.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H1310/84/27 15.8.84 WK DIVED ON IN 503520N, 014140W [OGB]. VESSEL ABOUT 250-300FT LONG WITH STEEL PROPELLER. LIES IN 32MTRS GEN DEPTH. LETTER 'B' FOUND ALONGSIDE WK TOGETHER WITH OTHER ITEMS SUCH AS TELEGRAPH, PORTHOLES, LOG. (G J UNDERWOOD, 1.8.84). H1310/84/35 19.9.84 LETTERS BUR & G HAVE BEEN RETRIEVED FROM PORT SIDE OF STERN OF WRECK. WORDING ON TELEGRAPH INDICATES VESSEL WAS PROBABLY NOT BRITISH. NO SIGNS OF COAL CARGO. CLOSE-STOWING ANCHOR IN HAWSE. STERN HALF OF WK IS UPSIDE DOWN. (G J UNDERWOOD, 13.9.84). HH100/351/08 9.11.93 WK IN 503527N, 014135.5W NOW MUCH LOOTED MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO POSITIVELY IDENTIFY. (J K WELCH, 13.10.93). 23.9.02 INVERTED, MAINLY COLLAPSED APART FROM BOW AND STERN. THIS IS THE BORGNY. HAS BEEN IDENTIFED BY BRASS LETTERS ON THE STERN. (DIVER MAGAZINE, SEPT 2002). NCA. 24.10.12 EXAM'D 29.1.12 IN 5035.446N, 0141.730W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 26.4MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS. LEAST W/C DEPTH 23.28MTRS. SCOUR 0.7MTR DEEP ALONG N SIDE OF WK. LENGTH 70MTRS,WIDTH 19MTRS, HT 4MTRS. LIES 075/255 DEGS WITH BOWS WSW. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. IN TWO SECTIONS, 43MTRS & 27MTRS. (EMU, HI 1366). AMEND WK 23MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ON STBD SIDE WITH STERN INVERTED, SCOUR TO N SIDE

Position: 50 35.446 N,1 41.73 W

 

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