This is the information page about the shipwreck Deptford, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 62 12.47 N,5 8.9 E (62.1495, 5.065)
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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: DEPTFORD
Length 111.6 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 4034 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore
Cause: built in 1931 by the smith's dock co. owned at time of loss by britian ss co. triple expansion engines for 10.5kts. torpedoed and sunk. of crew of 35 only 5 survived. passage narvik (?kirkenes) for england. cargo iron ore. (wwiisl & dods).
Year of registration: 1939
Water depth above wreck: 25 meter
Known since: 1939
Details measurements/cartography: 20.12.74 SUNK 1/4 MILE NNW OF WK 0.25M NNW OF HONNINGSVAAG LT. (DODS). POSN 6212.5N, 0509.0E FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 62 12.47 N,5 8.9 E