This is the information page about the shipwreck Davanger, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 16.974 N,8 0.054 W (58.2829, -8.0175666666667)
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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: DAVANGER
Length 88.4 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2280 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: sunk by gunfire from u-33. passage liverpool for archangel. (dods, llww1 & ww1msl).
Year of registration: 1915
Water depth above wreck: 120 meter
Known since: 1915
Details measurements/cartography: SANK 16M WNW OF FLANNAN ISLANDS. (LLWW1). 12M WNW OF FLANNAN ISLANDS. (OWNERS). SUNK 581200N, 075800W. (U-BOAT). [VARIATION IN 1915: 23DEG W]. (E GILES). 2.5.91 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 12M NWN OF FLANNAN ISLES. (D COX). GIVES POSN 581700N, 080000W. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 58 16.974 N,8 0.054 W