This is the information page about the shipwreck Fjordheim, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 55 N,9 28 W (56.166666666667, -9.4166666666667)
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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: FJORDHEIM
Length 114.2 meter, width: 15.7 meter, draught: 7.2, tonnage 4115 ton
Cause: built in 1930 by swan, hunter & whigham richardson. onwed at time of loss by a/s theologos. triple expansion engine of 363nhp. torpedoed by german submarine. (dods).
Year of registration: 1944
Water depth above wreck: 900 meter
Known since: 1944
Details measurements/cartography: 3.9.44 REFERRED TO IN SIGNALS 2/3.9.44. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 55 55 N,9 28 W