This is the information page about the shipwreck Frithof eide, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 8.036 N,0 0.083 W (54.1339333, -0.0013833)

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: FRITHOF EIDE

Length 68.9 meter, width: 10.6 meter, tonnage 1109 ton
Load: minerals

Cause: Ex-otergotland, ex-dos-d-avril, ex-otergotland. built in 1904 by howaldtwerke, keil, sweden. owned at time of loss by b pedersen & son. one boiler, triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage skien for london. cargo saltpetre. torpedoed by ub-75.

Year of registration: 1996

Water depth above wreck: 44 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1996, last detected: 20160218

Details measurements/cartography: H100/351/11 11.9.96 WK LOCATED IN 540802N, 000005W [WGD] USING GPS. IDENTIFIED BY BELL AS 'OTERGOTLAND 1904'. LEAST DEPTH 47MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 47-48MTRS. LENGTH 250FT, BEAM 20FT. LIES ON HARD ROCK. WELL BROKEN UP, BOWS UP, MIDSHIPS DOWN. TWO BOILERS OVER TO STBD SIDE. POSSIBLY WW1. NO CARGO. (W WOOLFORD). CHARTED DEPTH IS 40MTRS. INS AS FOUL. BR STD. HH090/730/01 18.12.97 EXAM'D 24.7.97 IN 540802.3N, 000006.7W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 39 IN GEN DEPTH 42MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3.7MTRS. LENGTH 86MTRS, WIDTH 24MTRS. LIES 085/265 DEGS. ILL DEFINED, BADLY BROKEN UP AND SURROUNDED BY DEBRIS. MAGNETIC ANOMALY NOTED. STATIC FISHING GEAR ON WK. HIGH POINT IS N OF THE CENTRE OF THE WK. (GARDLINE, HI 730). BR STD. HH100/351/08 8.4.02 LIES BOWS N ON HARD SAND & GRAVEL. TWO BOILERS. IDENTIFIED BY BELL. (A C JACKSON & C A RACEY). NCA. SEP 2016/000007250 28.06.16 EXAM'D 18.02.16 IN 5408.036N, 0000.083W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 38.3MTRS, IN GEN DEPTH 44MTRS. LENGTH 75.5MTRS, WIDTH 24.9MTRS, HT 5.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 090/270. SCOUR LENGTH 5.4MTRS, 0.9MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 073 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIS ANOMALY, WK DEGRADED AND NOT INTACT, PARTS APPEAR BURIED. IT APPEARS TO BE SITTING UPRIGHT ON THE SEABED AND THE SHOALEST POINT IS AT THE EASTERN MOST POINT ON THE FEATURE. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND TO NDW 38 MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Wreck degraded

Position: 54 8.036 N,0 0.083 W

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