This is the information page about the shipwreck Elisabeth bornhofen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 60 23.657 N,5 17.878 E (60.435583333333, 5.0525833333333)

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: ELISABETH BORNHOFEN

Length 90.2 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2289 ton
Load: ore

Cause: vessel, built 1923 by j frerichs & co. a.g. with triple expansion engines of 185nhp. owned at time of loss by robert bornhofen. was bombed & sunk by british aircraft at bergen. (dods)

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 68 meter

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2022

Details measurements/cartography: H3340/45 30.8.48 NDW IN 602337N, 051805E, MARKED BY G SPH LT BUOY, FL, CLOSE N. (NORWEGIAN HYDRO)

- NM 1934/48. H3340/45 23.1.52 SHOWN IN 602340N, 051824E, NO BUOY, ON NORWEGIAN 21.

- NM 147/52. H1397/52 12.3.52 NAME OF WK, & POSN 602339N, 051816E. (NORWEGIAN WK LIST & US NM 658/52) BR STD. H4366/54 3.8.54 WK LIES 328DEG, 4.6C FROM DOKSKJAER FR LT, MARKED BY G SPH BUOY CLOSE N. (HMS TRIUMPH HN)

- NM 1694/54. H4366/54 23.8.55 AMEND POSN TO 318.2DEG, 5.0C FROM DOKSKJAER SW LT, MARKED BY G SPH LT BUOY, FL.G CLOSE N. (HMS THESEUS HN).

- NM 1913/55. 3.12.57 WK 59MTRS [32FMS] SHOWN, MARKED BY G SPH LT BUOY, FL.G, ON NORWEGIAN 460. BR STD. H4366/54 29.5.61 WK MARKED BY G SPAR LT BUOY, FL.G.3S CLOSE N. (HMS WOTTON HN 5/61)

- NM 1112/61. 29.4.81 MARKED BY BLACK/YELLOW SPAR LT BUOY, VQ. (IALA) NE 3008. 2.2.83 SHOWN IN 602341N, 051759E [EUR] ON NORWEGIAN CHART. BUOY DELETED. (NORWEGIAN NM1035/82). NC 3008. 11.9.03 SHOWN AS NDW IN 6023.658N, 0517.875E [WGD] ON NORWEGIAN 460 [REPRINT 6/03]. EUR POSN: 6023.688N, 0517.975E. BR STD. SEP 2015/000014972 25.2.16 SHOWN AS NDW IN 6023.657N, 0517880E [WGD] ON NORWEGIAN 460. [ED DEC 2015, CORR TO 8.12.15). AMEND TO REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 60 23.657 N,5 17.878 E

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