This is the information page about the shipwreck Folke, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 55.46 N,0 29.9 E (57.780716666667, 0.80455)

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: FOLKE

Length 75.3 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1352 ton
Load: timber

Cause: torpedoed and sunk by german submarine while on passage levanger to london. owned by f d malmros.

Year of registration: 1915

Water depth above wreck: 140 meter

Known since: 1915, last detected: 1999

Details measurements/cartography: 6.4.16 6.4.16 SUNK IN 575530N, 003000E, APPROX. [AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN]. INS ON CHARTS. H315/27 12.2.27 H315/27 12.2.27 INS AS NDWPA (1915). ALSO REPORTED SUNK IN 575500N, 003000E. (LLOYDS WAR LOSSES). H3039/26 H3039/26 LOSS CONFIRMED. 1.3.71 1.3.71 AMENDED TO NDWPA. NC 2182B. STS FOR PA. 31.7.72 31.7.72 WK SHOWN IN 575500N, 003000E. (DANISH FISHERY CHART 5700). 11.7.80 11.7.80 AMEND TO USC PA 90MTRS. NE 278. 2.11.99 2.11.99 AMENDED TO NDWPA. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 57 55.46 N,0 29.9 E

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