This is the information page about the shipwreck Borgsten (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 11.325 N,1 22.767 W (50.242166666667, -1.28825)
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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: BORGSTEN (PROBABLY)
Length 80.8 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 1718 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: built in 1913 by nylands vaerksted, christiana. owned at time of loss by akties borga. triple expansion engine of 152 nhp, single shaft. machinery by the builder. passage rouen to newport. toepedoed by uc-64.
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 91 meter, Height above seabed: 28 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 2007
Details measurements/cartography: 1917 REPD SUNK IN 501200N, 012300W, APPROX.. H2537/28 20.8.28 WK IN 501200N, 012300W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NCA. 11.8.77 SHOWN AS USCPA 36MTRS IN 501200N, 012300W ON FRENCH CHART. NC 2450. 22.1.80 22.1.80 NOW SHOWN AS NDWPA ON FRENCH 878 [1979 EDN]. NCA. 1.2.90 1.2.90 SHOWN AS USCPD 36MTRS IN 501200N, 012254W ON FRENCH 6857 [1986 EDN]. NOT SHOWN IN FRENCH WK RECORDS. NCA. HH090/588/01 2.11.93 HH090/588/01 2.11.93 EXAM'D 17.5.93 IN 501120N, 012248W [WGD] USING HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 79.7 IN GEN DEPTH 91MTRS. SCOUR 1.5MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 9MTRS, LENGTH 104MTRS, BREADTH 12MTRS. LARGE WK LYING 028/208DEGS. GOOD SONAR RESPONSE. (NP 1008, HI 588).
- NM 4010/93. HH090/588/01 27.6.94 HH090/588/01 27.6.94 POSN AMENDED TO 501119.5N, 012246W [WGD]. LEAST DEPTH AMENDED TO 82MTRS. (NP 1008, HI 588). BR STD. 13.11.98 13.11.98 [EUR] POSN: 501122.5N, 012241.5W. NC 2613. 21.2.07 21.2.07 THIS IS AN UNIDENTIFIED U-BOAT. (SOUTH COAST SHIPWRECKS). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: ?THIS IS A U BOAT (D C WENDES)
Position: 50 11.325 N,1 22.767 W