This is the information page about the shipwreck Frigga, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 13.602 N,2 17.017 W (50.167166666667, -11.000666666667)

 

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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.

 

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5. Antonis g lemos (probably)
6. Apache
7. Athen
8. Balmoralwood
9. Binnendijk
10. Bissen
11. Black hawk (aft section)
12. Bonita
13. Bretagne
14. Britannia (possibly)
15. Bronte (ex-war coney)
16. Cathrine
17. Centurion
18. Chasseur 6
19. Chasseur 7
20. Cheyenne
21. Dagmar
22. Dallas city (possibly)
23. Derna (probably)
24. Deucalion
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26. Elena r
27. Eleni stathatou
28. Elmcrest
29. Emile miguet
30. Ethel (probably)
31. Evertsen
32. Finn
33. Finnborg
34. Franziska
35. Frigga
36. Frogner ?
37. Gairsoppa
38. Gallia
39. Georgios kyriakides
40. Girnigoe
41. Goathland
42. Gripfast
43. Hartburn (probably)
44. Heronspool
45. Hms arfon
46. Hms blackwood
47. Hms courageous
48. Hms dark gladiator
49. Hms delight
50. Hms fisgard ii
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53. Hms warrior ii
54. Hmsm a3
55. Hmsm p555
56. Hmsm safari (ex p 211)
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58. Inisinver
59. Iolanthe
60. Jeanne
61. Johan (possibly)
62. Josef joham (bow section) (probably)
63. K m b (possibly)
64. Kafiristan
65. Kolga
66. Lenda
67. Leticia
68. Lochavon
69. Louisiane
70. Malka
71. Mallard (possibly)
72. Meknes
73. Merchant royal
74. Mersey
75. Miefield
76. Milo
77. Miniota
78. Mount myrto
79. Neree (possibly)
80. Neree (probably)
81. Netley abbey (possibly)
82. Orne (possibly)
83. Pan
84. Pas (c.182)
85. Perra (possibly)
86. Pescalanza
87. Pitchipoy (possibly)
88. San fernando
89. Snowdrop
90. Spiral (possibly)
91. Stade (possibly)
92. Stancrest
93. Sudon (possibly)
94. Theodoros t
95. Thera (possibly)
96. Tiiu
97. U 322 (possibly)
98. U 672 (possibly)
99. Ub 74
100. Uffe
101. Valdes (probably)
102. Xania

 

Name: FRIGGA

Length 68.8 meter, width: 9.8 meter, draught: 4.1, tonnage 1046 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1900 by laxevaags msk & jrnskb of laxevaags. home port bergen. passage port talbot for rouen, cargo coal. one large and one smaller boilers, triple expansion engine of 97 hp. single shaft. torpedoed and sunk by ub 54.

Year of registration: 1965

Water depth above wreck: 57 meter, Height above seabed: 155 cm

Known since: 1965, last detected: 2000

Details measurements/cartography: H2291/64 19.5.65 SONAR CONTACT IN 501344N, 021720W. (HMS SCOTT, 1964). NCA YET. HH090/533/01 28.5.93 WK EXAM'D 5.3.93 IN 501336.1N, 021701W [WGD] USING HYPERFIX [3 LOPS]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 50.7 IN GEN DEPTH 57MTRS. DCS3 HT 7MTRS, LENGTH 100MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS. RELATIVELY INTACT AND LYING 155/335 DEG WITH SHOALEST PART AT N END. MAGNETOMETER INDICATED FERROUS CONTENT OF 1040 TONS. 1.5MTR SCOUR ALONG W EDGE OF WK AND 0.5MTR ALONG E EDGE. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 533). INS AS WK 50MTRS.

- NM 2106/93. HH100/351/16 4.9.00 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. A VERY BROKEN UP SS WITH A LARGE BOILER AND A TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE. BOTH ENGINE AND BOILER IN SITU WITH APPROX 10MTRS OF BUCKLED PROP SHAFT. ENGINE HAS REVERSING WHEEL ON THE STBD SIDE. SOME WINCHES IN THE WRECKAGE. REMAINS OF STERN LIE APPROX 40MTRS FROM THE BOILER. SEABED GRAVEL. (N CHIPCHASE, LTR DTD 8.00). NCA. HH100/351/16 9.10.00 THIS IS THE WK OF THE FRIGGA. IDENTIFIED BY THE BELL. (N R CHIPCHASE, LTR DTD 10.00). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, WELL BROKEN UP

Position: 50 13.602 N,2 17.017 W

 

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