This is the information page about the shipwreck Danmark (after part), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 58.775 N,2 53.18 W (58.979583, -2.886333)

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.

Name: DANMARK (AFTER PART)

Length 149.7 meter, width: 20.7 meter, draught: 11, tonnage 10517 ton
Load: oil,flammable liquids and gases

Cause: 12.1.1940 built in 1931 by burmeister & wain. owned at time of loss by det danske petroleums a/s. oil engine, single shaft. passage aruba for nyborg. torpedoed by u-23 on 12.1.1940 in inganess bay & sank 10 days later. cargo 8,200 tons of petrol & 5,760 tons kerosene. the fore-part was refloated in 1941 & taken to inverkeithing to be used as a storage hulk. (dods, ww2sl, axis submarine successes, off scotland & ll ww2).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 11 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H0155/40 6.2.40 ST IN 585848N, 025305W, OR 164.5DEGS, 2.34M FROM HELLIER LT. (NO IN C KIRKWALL). - PFNM 329/40. H0155/40 27.7.40 CONFIRMATION OF ST. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 1805/40. H0155/40 28.6.45 G SPH LT BUOY, FL.G.5S LAID 043.5DEGS, 400FT FROM WK. (NORTHERN LT HO BOARD NM 10/46).

- NM 2207/46. H0155/40 2.12.57 WK DRIES 3FT. (DIVER REPORT, 1957 DOCKET BD, DTD 28.8.57). CHART AS LEGEND: (DRIES 3FT).

- NM 2864/57. H6465/58 9.12.58 RAREFL FITTED TO BUOY. (NORTHERN LT HO BOARD NM 21/58).

- NM 2396/58. H3402/59 29.6.59 CHART AS ST, MARKED BY G SPH LT BUOY, FL.G, RAREFL CLOSE NE. NC 2179. H0155/40 18.8.61 TOTALLY DISPERSED TO SEABED & BUOY REMOVED. POSN CONSIDERED TO BE FOUL. (NORTHERN LT HO BOARD). AMEND TO FOUL & DELETE LIGHT BUOY.

- NM 1741/61. 29.11.03 EUT POSN: 5858.775N, 0253.180W. NE 2584. 10.1.04 PHOTO OF BOW SECTION OF VESSEL. (OFF SCOTLAND). 4.10.10 ONLY SCOUR PIT LOCATED BY M/B. (FATHOMS LTD, POST SDC BATHY REPROCESSING). RETAIN FOUL. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ONLY SCOUR PIT REMAINS

Position: 58 58.775 N,2 53.18 W

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