This is the information page about the shipwreck Einar jarl (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 18.953 N,2 17.297 W (56.5, -12)
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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: EINAR JARL (PROBABLY)
Length 80.8 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 5.4, tonnage 1858 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: built 1921 with one boiler, triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage hull for halifax. mined. one man lost. (ww2sl & sibi). 1.8.08 built in fredrikstad for det nordenfjeldske dampskipsselskap, trondheim. struck a mine 9.75m e of fife ness after leaving methil in convoy en86a. vessel was abandoned & sank in 10 minutes se of bell rock, approx 3m from isle of may. 23 of 24 crew saved. (b baird, e-mail 1.8.08)
Year of registration: 1964
Water depth above wreck: 53 meter, Height above seabed: 165 cm
Known since: 1964, last detected: 2013
Details measurements/cartography: H3609/64 22.4.65 WK IN POSN 561848N, 021630W [OGB]. (HMS DUNCAN, 10.12.64). NCA. H2205/66 17.6.66 LEAST E/S DEPTH 28.5FMS. LENGTH 372FT, HEIGHT 17FT. MAX RANGE OF CONTACT 2000YDS. LYING 130DEGS/310DEGS. SLIGHT SCOUR SE OF WK. (HMS MALCOLM, 5.3.64). POSN BY DECCA. ACCEPT WK 25FMS. INS AS NDW PA. BR STD. 30.7.68 SHOWN AS WK 28FMS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) BA 2182B. 6.11.72 AMEND TO WK 25FMS. NE 1407. H4818/75 26.8.77 LOCATED 13.8.76 IN 561858N, 021711W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 45 IN GEN DEPTH 54MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR. DCS3 HEIGHT 11.6MTRS. LENGTH 95MTRS. LYING 176/356DEGS. (HMS SHIPHAM, 7.12.76). AMEND TO WK 41MTRS. BR STD. 5.9.96 POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS HMS ROCKINGHAM. WK IS COLLAPSED BUT INTACT, LYING ON ITS STARBOARD SIDE. STARBOARD PROP IS MISSING. HIGHEST POINT ARE THE BOWS WHICH STAND 10MTRS PROUD OF SEABED AND ARE COVERED WITH NETS. (D L ORMSTON, LTR DTD 15.8.96). NCA. SEP 2008/000080688 19.6.08 EXAM'D 31.12.07 IN 5618.953N, 0217.297W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 44.8 IN GEN DEPTH 53.1MTRS. SCOUR 1.5MTRS DEEP SURROUNDS WK. LENGTH 89MTRS, WIDTH 21MTRS, HT 8.3MTRS. LIES 165/345 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. LARGE, COLLAPSED WK. (GARDLINE HYDRO, HI 1152). AMEND WK 44MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 6.8.08 WRECK HAS BEEN DIVED & FOUND TO BE A FAIRLY LARGE BROKEN UP SS, WITH 1 PROPELLER & 1 LARGE BOILER, THEREFORE NOT HMS ROCKINGHAM AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED. WK IS PROBABLY 'EINAR JARL'. (B BAIRD, EMAIL DTD 31.7.08) 7.8.08 FURTHER CONFIRMATION THAT THIS WRECK IS NOT HMS ROCKINGHAM. DIVED IN RECENT WEEKS, VESSEL HAS SINGLE PROPELLER WITH RUDDER BEHIND IT, ROCKINGHAM HAD TWIN OPEN STYLE PROPELLERS WITH RUDDER MIDSHIPS. STERN IS SCALLOP SHAPED WHERE AS ROCKINGHAM'S STERN WOULD HAVE BEEN POINTED. ONLY ONE BOILER WAS SEEN. POSSIBLY 'EINAR JARL'. (S HADDOW, E-MAIL DTD 7.8.08). SEP 2013/000073322 4.4.13 LOCATED 30.6.09 IN 5618.9390N, 0217.2810W [WGD]. DCS3 LENGTH 100.51MTRS, WIDTH 19.09MTRS, HT 6.53MTRS. (NEART NA GAOITH OFFSHORE WIND LTD, ROS DTD 1.2010). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ON STBD SIDE, COLLAPSING, SCOUR SURROUNDS
Position: 56 18.953 N,2 17.297 W