This is the information page about the shipwreck Flynderborg (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 60 1.92 N,0 57.334 W (60.10575, -1.0897166666667)
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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: FLYNDERBORG (POSSIBLY)
Length 77.4 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 5, tonnage 1400 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: built 1905 by helsingors jernskibs-org maskinbyg with 3 cylinder triple expansion engines of 166nhp. owned at time of loss by c.k. hansen. torpedoed & sunk by a german submarine, whilst in convoy off bard head, bressay, about 5m from feadda ness. crew rescued. (dods & shipwrecks of n scotland, baird)
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 112 meter, Height above seabed: 95 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 1985
Details measurements/cartography: H2334/84 18.12.85 H2334/84 18.12.85 WK EXAM'D 28.6.85 IN 600157N, 005713W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 101 IN GEN DEPTH 112MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 9.6MTRS, LENGTH 65MTRS, BEAM 10MTRS. LYING 095/275DEG. (NP 1008, HI 244). BR STD. 11.3.04 11.3.04 EUT POSN: 6001.920N, 0057.334W. NE 3283. 8.10.07 8.10.07 THIS WRECK IS KNOWN BY LOCAL FISHERMEN AS "FLYNDERBORG". (K HEATH, TELECON 8.10.07) NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 60 1.92 N,0 57.334 W