This is the information page about the shipwreck Fredensborg, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 50.502 N,2 20.645 W (58.841266666667, -2.3266833333333)

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: FREDENSBORG

Length 86.3 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 2094 ton

Cause: built in by j.smit czn. owned at time of loss by a/s danneborg. triple-expansion engines of 120nhp. torpedoed by u-20. passage copenhagen for united kingdom. crew of 20 lost. (ll ww2, dods & axis submarine successes).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 78 meter, Height above seabed: 44 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: H0100/40 APPROX SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 581000N, 014000W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). SUNK IN 582500N, 015300W. (WW2SL). HH091/137/01 30.3.07 EXAM'D 31.8.06 IN 5850.5017N, 0220.6446W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 75.2 IN GEN DEPTH 78.7MTRS. SCOUR 1.4MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 10MTRS TOWARDS 090 DEGS. LENGTH 47.5MTRS, WIDTH 22MTRS, HT 3.5MTRS. LIES 044/204 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS ?NE. WELL BROKEN UP. (NETSURVEY LTD, HI 1137). INS AS WK 75MTRS. BR STD. H01001/40 5.10.07 RESEARCH USING DOCUMENTATION FROM U 20, WOULD INDICATE THAT THIS WRECK IS PROBABLY THAT OF NORWEGIAN SS 'HOSANGER' [SEE ALSO 1384]. (K HEATH E-MAIL DTD 18.9.07 & TELECON) H01001/40 WHICH GAVE SINKING POSN AS 5810.00N, 0140.00W HAS BEEN DESTROYED. WKS USC PA 70MTRS [TO COVER 'FREDENSBORG' & 'ENGLAND'] IN 5825.00N, 0153.00W TO REMAIN CHARTED UNTIL DISPROVED BY SURVEY. 20.6.11 NOW CONSIDERED TO BE FREDENSBORG. WK BROKEN AT AFT END OF ENGINE ROOM WITH STERN PART BROKEN AWAY. THIS AGREES WITH ORIGINAL SINKING REPORT. (K HEATH, TELECON).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP, BOWS ?NE

Position: 58 50.502 N,2 20.645 W

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