This is the information page about the shipwreck Eyfirdingur, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 59 14.007 N,2 42.384 W (59.308216666667, -2.5270666666667)

 

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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. 090
2. Anglo peruvian
3. Ardanbhan
4. Atlantic (possibly)
5. B 98
6. Bellavista
7. Busy bee (part of)
8. Cape nelson
9. Charisma
10. Cotovia (probably)
11. Damari
12. Danmark (after part)
13. Elegance
14. Excelsior
15. Eyfirdingur
16. Hastings county
17. Hmd lustring
18. Hmd lustring
19. Hmd lustring
20. Hms albacore (bow section)
21. Hms endeavour
22. Hms loch garry
23. Hms oceana
24. Hms royal oak
25. Hms zarefah
26. Juniata (fore part)
27. Jv 526
28. Loch maddy (stern section)
29. Malta ii (probably)
30. Napier star
31. Ocean racer
32. Scandinavic
33. St rognvald
34. Svinta
35. Swiftsure
36. Tennessee
37. Varing ?
38. Wanja

 

Name: EYFIRDINGUR

Length 33.5 meter, width: 8.1 meter, draught: 3.3, tonnage 174 ton
Load: scrap metal

Cause: 11.6.08 ex-normanner [46], ex-jean charcot, built 1908 by e capon, fecamp, france. rigged lugger with 2 clinder auxiliary oil engine of 120hp, single shaft. machinery by j & c.g. bolinders co. ltd., stockholm. owned at time of loss by hjorten larusson. passage iceland to antwerp. ran aground on lashy skerries off calf of eday, orkney in heavy seas and broke up immediately. all 7 crew lost. (k heath, e-mail dtd 11.6.08)

Year of registration: 2008

Water depth above wreck: 3 meter

Known since: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: 12.6.08 POSN 5914.007N, 0242.384W [WGD]. WRECK IS WELL BROKEN UP WITH SEABED LITTERED WITH 50 CALIBRE BULLET HEADS, BATTERY LEADS & OTHER SCRAP. (K HEATH, E-MAIL DTD 11.6.08). LIES INSIDE CHARTED DANGER LINE AMID UNDERWATER ROCKS. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN, SEABED LITTERED WITH DEBRIS

Position: 59 14.007 N,2 42.384 W

 

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