This is the information page about the shipwreck Einar jarl, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 6.503 N,2 48.789 W (50.302916666667, -3.1211333333333)

 

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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.

 

1. Aleyna
2. Algarve
3. Bayonne
4. Beatty rose (possibly)
5. Bokn (possibly)
6. Bonita
7. Bostonian (probably)
8. Cantonad
9. Chorley
10. Clan stuart (probably)
11. Conch
12. Einar jarl
13. Gateway (probably)
14. Grace (possibly)
15. Greenville
16. Greta c
17. Gudrun
18. Hms amazon
19. Hms bittern
20. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
21. Hms formidable
22. Hms harstad
23. Hms lord hailsham
24. Hms manor
25. Hmsm affray
26. Hmsm l24
27. Isbjorn
28. K m b (possibly)
29. Klein famile
30. Kongshaug (probably)
31. L h carl
32. La portaise (probably)
33. Lct 381
34. Majorca
35. Marie therese
36. Memnon
37. Modavia
38. Moel tryvan
39. Motano (probably)
40. Nyasaland
41. Ocean vagabond
42. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
43. Pergo
44. Perintis
45. Pomella
46. Reggestroom (probably)
47. Roi leopold (possibly)
48. Romsdalen (probably)
49. Rosten (possibly)
50. Rotorua
51. Siren
52. Tandil (probably)
53. Trito
54. U 1055 or u 1191 (probably)
55. U 1191
56. Ub 19 (probably)
57. W h dwyer
58. Westergate (probably)

 

Name: EINAR JARL

Length 80.8 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 1849 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1914 by sorlandets skibsbyggeri, feving. owned at time of loss by det morden fjeldske d/s. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 188nhp, single shaft. passage london and fowey for philadelphia, usa. torpedoed by unidentified german submarine. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1954

Water depth above wreck: 60 meter, Height above seabed: 155 cm

Known since: 1954, last detected: 2004

Details measurements/cartography: SONAR CONTACT IN 500700N, 024800W APPROX, REPORTED AS ?FISH. (AUBD 303/67). H2137/54 22.6.54 H2137/54 22.6.54 NDW IN POSN 103DEGS, 32M FROM START PT, OR IN 500615N, 024900W USING DECCA. WRECK OF HEAVILY DAMAGED, NORWEGIAN TYPE VESSEL. (RISDON BEAZLEY, 31.5.54). INS AS NDW. BR STD. H2270/54 23.7.55 H2270/54 23.7.55 EXAM'D IN 500626N, 024842W USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 28FMS IN GEN DEPTH 33FMS. SEABED OF GRAVEL, SAND & SHELL. LIES 150/330DEGS. (SCES/HMS SCOTT 14.9.54). AMEND TO WK 28FMS [51MTRS] IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 18.1.80 18.1.80 WK PA 51MTRS SHOWN IN 500626N, 024842W ON FRENCH 878 [1979 EDN]. NCA. HH090/912/01 8.2.01 HH090/912/01 8.2.01 EXAM'D 11.9.00 IN 5006.503N, 0248.789W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 54.2 IN GEN DEPTH 60MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 73MTRS, WIDTH 19MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.9MTRS. LIES 155/335 DEGS WITH BOWS ?335DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SEABED SAND. NO DEBRIS. BOW SECTION BROKEN OFF, MID SECTION WELL BROKEN UP AND PARTIALLY BURIED. STERN SECTION APPEARS RELATIVELY INTACT. HIGH POINTS AT EACH END. (GARDLINE, HI 912). IN THREE PARTS OR PARTIALLY BURIED. AMEND TO 54MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/22 28.9.04 HH100/351/22 28.9.04 DIVED IN 5020.54N, 0248.76W [WGD]. COMPLETELY BROKEN DOWN. BOW PARTIALLY INTACT AND LEANING SLIGHTLY TO STBD. TWO LARGE BOILERS MIDSHIPS. POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED BY THE BELL. (I TAYLOR & N R CHIPCHASE). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN THREE SECTIONS, OR PARTIALLY BURIED, HIGH POINTS AT EACH

Position: 50 6.503 N,2 48.789 W

 

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