This is the information page about the shipwreck Borgund i (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 26.242 N,2 53.587 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. 20
2. Ailsa craig (probably)
3. Aleyna
4. Algarve
5. Avalanche
6. Bamse (probably)
7. Baygitano
8. Bayonne
9. Berar
10. Bokn (possibly)
11. Borgund i (possibly)
12. Broomhill (probably)
13. Chateau yqem
14. Chorley
15. City of swansea (probably)
16. Conch
17. General leman (possibly)
18. Gibel-hamam
19. Gorizia
20. Grane
21. Greta c
22. Heroine (probably)
23. Hms amazon
24. Hms bittern
25. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
26. Hms boadicea
27. Hms buccaneer
28. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
29. Hms formidable
30. Hms harstad
31. Hms hickory
32. Hms landrail (probably)
33. Hms loch erinboll (stern part)(probably)
34. Hms lord hailsham
35. Hms manor
36. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
37. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
38. Hms remindo (possibly)
39. Hmsm l24
40. Hmsm sidon
41. Inisinver
42. Isbjorn
43. Kongshaug (probably)
44. L h carl
45. La blanca (possibly)
46. Lct 381
47. Lst 507 (bow section)
48. Lst 507 (stern section)
49. Lst 531
50. Lucinda (possibly)
51. Majorca
52. Marguerite (possibly)
53. Marie therese
54. Marjolene
55. Martha
56. Memnon
57. Minerva (probably)
58. Modavia
59. Moidart
60. Motano (probably)
61. Nil desperandum (probably)
62. Nyasaland
63. Ocean vagabond
64. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
65. Pergo
66. Pomella
67. Pomeranian
68. Radaas (probably)
69. Reggestroom (probably)
70. Renilde
71. Romsdalen (probably)
72. Rosten (possibly)
73. Rotorua
74. Salsette ii
75. Scaldis
76. Siren
77. Sparkling foam (possibly)
78. St dunstan
79. Tandil (probably)
80. Tracy
81. Trito
82. Ull (probably)
83. Ursa (probably)
84. W h dwyer
85. Westergate (probably)

 

Name: BORGUND I (POSSIBLY)

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 49 meter, Height above seabed: 23 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK IN 503300N, 023300W. (LLOYDS WAR LOSSES, WW1). H0113/45 20.7.45 H0113/45 20.7.45 SONAR CONTACT IN 502646N, 025345W, APPROX. LENGTH 203FT, HEIGHT 27FT. LIES 010/190DEGS. SLIGHT SHAPE OF CONNING TOWER. (PLYMOUTH LIST 4.7.45; AUBD 303/155). H2507/53 20.7.55 H2507/53 20.7.55 EXAM'D IN 502613N, 025328W USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23 IN GEN DEPTH 26FMS. LIES 030/210DEGS. SEABED SAND AND SHELL. (SCES/HMS SCOTT, 7.10.54). INS WK 23FMS. BR STD. H3950/70 24.5.71 H3950/70 24.5.71 AMENDED TO WK 42MTRS. NC 3315. H5982/82 20.1.83 H5982/82 20.1.83 WK SHOWN IN 502614N, 025333W ON KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)1 [1982]. 10.4.86 10.4.86 REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN DIVED ON RECENTLY AND FOUND TO BE WK OF AN LS(TANK). (KENDALL MCDONALD, TELECOM). POSSIBLY ONE OF THOSE SUNK 28.4.44 - SEE WK [18547] IN 502538N, 024550W. HH100/351/07 24.9.93 HH100/351/07 24.9.93 DIVED ON TWICE RECENTLY AND THOUGHT TO BE REMAINS OF A WELL BROKEN SS OF ABOUT 1000GRT. A BRASS PORTHOLE RECOVERED. HIGHEST POINT APPEARS TO BE TOP OF BOILER WHICH STANDS 3MTRS HIGH. (N R CHIPCHASE, 20.9.93). HH351/100/10 17.7.95 HH351/100/10 17.7.95 CONFIRMED AS WK OF SMALL SS. COMPLETELY FLATTENED APART FROM HER BOILER (WHICH GIVES THE CONNING TOWER SHAPE OF THE SURVEY PROFILE). (N R CHIPCHASE). HH100/351/11 4.9.96 HH100/351/11 4.9.96 DIVED AGAIN 28.7.96. MOSTLY WELL BROKEN UP BUT A PART OF THE HULL INTACT. ENGINE IS A LARGE TWO CYLINDER COMPOUND UNIT WITH THE LP CYLINDER COVER MISSING. ENGINE SIZE AND TYPE SUGGEST 'BAMSE'. CYLINDER DIAMETERS 27 AND 50.5INS. (N R CHIPCHASE). HH090/961/01 2.12.03 HH090/961/01 2.12.03 EXAM'D 7.6.03 IN 5026.242N, 0253.587W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 44.7 IN GEN DEPTH 49MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 71MTRS, WIDTH 22MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.5MTRS. LIES 023/203 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WELL BROKEN UP. (GARDLINE, HI 961). AMEND WK 44MTRS. BR STD. 8.10.08 8.10.08 NOW CONSIDER THIS TO BE BORGUND I (POSSIBLY). (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP

Position: 50 26.242 N,2 53.587 W

 

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