This is the information page about the shipwreck Bornrif, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 42 2 N,10 5 E (42.033333, 10.083333)
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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: BORNRIF
Length 61.9 meter, width: 9.1 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 499 ton
Load: salt
Cause: passage porto empedocle for leghorn. sprang a leak in engine-room & sank. crew of six rescued. (ll).
Year of registration: 1980
Water depth above wreck: 300 meter
Known since: 1980
Details measurements/cartography: 29.8.80 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS APPROX 20M S OF SCOGLIO D'AFRICA. (LL 241). POSN 420200N, 100500E FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 42 2 N,10 5 E