This is the information page about the shipwreck Fagernes (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 24.156 N,4 8.548 W (51.292766666667, -4.0713)

 

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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. Aghios spyridon (possibly)
2. Antwerpen (probably)
3. Bengrove (probably)
4. Beninin (possibly)
5. Cabenda
6. Carnsew
7. Creag mhor
8. Eldon park
9. Fagernes (probably)
10. Fort medine
11. G a savage (possibly)
12. Harvester
13. Hms princess
14. Hodd
15. Leonard pearce
16. London ii (possibly)
17. Madjoe
18. Marianela santander
19. Monte gurugu (possibly)
20. Pen-y-mor (possibly)
21. Prince ivanhoe
22. Riptide
23. Riverton (stern portion) (possibly)
24. Scarweather ltv
25. Shane
26. Sirdar
27. Solor (stern part) (probably)
28. Springtide
29. Ss hornet
30. Stan woolaway
31. Strombus (part of)
32. Strombus (part of)
33. Strombus (part of)
34. Strombus (part of)(probably)
35. Teviotdale
36. Trevessa
37. Yesso

 

Name: FAGERNES (PROBABLY)

Length 93 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 3204 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-meikai maru. built in 1916 by osake iron works ltd. home port genoa. triple expansion engine, single screw. sank following a collision with british ss cornish coast. passage swansea for leghorn.

Year of registration: 1976

Water depth above wreck: 34 meter, Height above seabed: 120 cm

Known since: 1976, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H3804/72 16.9.76 LARGE WK LOCATED BY MINEHUNTER AND EXAM'D BY DIVERS IN 512427N, 040839W [OGB] USING HSA. PROBABLY WW2 CASUALTY. (BELGIUM NS DE BROUWER, HN 12.7.76). H3804/72 23.9.76 LOCATED IN 512406N, 040830W. CHAIN SWEPT CLEAR TO 100FT IN GEN DEPTH 126FT. ABOUT 200FT LONG AND STANDING 20FT HIGH BY E/S. (TH SWANSEA, TLX 23.9.76). INS AS SW 16FMS 4FT. BR STD. 17.2.84 THIS WK THOUGHT TO BE THE FAGERNES. NOTHING FOUND IN CHARTED POSN 512354N, 040836W. (MR WHIPPY, SWANSEA, TELECON). NCA YET. 17.5.82 AMEND TO SW 30.5MTRS. NE 1165. H3840/86 16.2.89 EXAM'D 27.5.88 IN 512408N, 040829W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 29.8 IN GEN DEPTH 34-35MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.1MTRS, LENGTH APPROX 80MTRS. LARGE INTACT WK, LYING 155/335 DEG. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 359). AMEND TO WK 29.5MTRS. BR STD. HH090/478/01 6.7.89 EXAM'D 17.6.89 IN 512408N, 040829W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 30.1, FOUL AT 30.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 31 IN GEN DEPTH 34MTRS. (HMS FAWN, HI 478). BR STD. SEP 2020/000233025 24.7.20 WK LOCATED IN 5124.155N, 0407.547W (WGD). LEAST M/B DEPTH 29.58MTRS, LENGTH 101.37MTRS, WIDTH 28.41MTRS, HT 5.33MTRS, ORIENTATION 120DEGS. NO SCOUR. (H525, HI1506). AMEND 29.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LARGE, INTACT WK

Position: 51 24.156 N,4 8.548 W

 

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