This is the information page about the shipwreck Frode, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 46.147 N,0 28.807 W (50.652366666667, -0.61618333333333)

 

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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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Name: FRODE

Length 55 meter, width: 8.6 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 733 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: ex-hollandia 1. built in 1917 by n v scheepsbouwwerf 'de merwede', sarpsborg. owned at time of loss by ottar holtar, sarpsborg. chartered to the ministry of war transport in 1941. triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage newhaven for mumbles. in ballast. mined. later dispersed.

Year of registration: 1943

Water depth above wreck: 7 meter

Known since: 1943, last detected: 20180917

Details measurements/cartography: H01296/43 30.4.43 ST IN 504548N, 002854W OR LITTLEHAMPTON PIER HEAD BEARING 313DEGS, 2.92M. MASTS SHOWING 8FT AT LWST IN GEN DEPTH 24FT. MARKED BY G CAN BUOY CLOSE S. (TH 27.4.43).

- NM 1154/43. PFNM 902/43 ISSUED. H01296/43 20.6.46 GPFL(2)G.10S LT ESTABLISHED ON BUOY. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH).

- NM 2125/46. H01296/43 23.11.46 DRIFT SWEEP CLEARED BY E/S IN 504548N, 002854W. LEAST DEPTH OVER SITE 24FT IN GEN DEPTH 27FT. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (CSO VERNON, 23.10.46). AMEND TO WK 4FMS 0FT & DELETE BUOY.

- NM 3829/46. 23.7.71 NOW CHARTED AS SW 7.3MTRS. NC 1652. 7.4.72 NOW CHARTED AS SW 6.8MTRS [LAT]. NC 1652. H1270/72 29.8.72 WK IN 504603N, 002848W [OGB] USING DECCA. (MR DILLINGHAM). NCA. CONSIDER ORIGINAL POSN AS MORE ACCURATE CLOSE INSHORE. H4822/75 22.3.77 EXAMINED 17.8.76 IN 504606N, 002843W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. DECCA USED. LEAST DEPTH 5.4MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 7MTRS. SMALL SCOUR 0.2MTRS. DIVERS REPORT - ONLY BOILERS REMAIN - ABOUT 6FT PROUD OF SEABED. (FSL WATERWITCH, HI 73/76). AMEND TO WK 5.4MTRS [2FMS 5FT] IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 1098/77. HH090/944/01 17.1.02 EXAM'D 12.10.01 IN 5046.144N, 0028.813W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 5.6, FOUL 5.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 6.0 IN GEN DEPTH 6.8MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS. DCS3 HT 1.1MTRS. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. AN AREA OF BROKEN UP WRECKAGE WITH DEBRIS EXTENDING 40MTRS TOWARDS 270 DEGS. (NP 1016, HI 944). BR STD. (SEP 2019/000094901) 17.05.19 EXAM'D 19.10.18 IN 5046.147N, 0028.807W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 4.94MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 7MTRS. LENGTH 3.6MTRS, WIDTH 3MTRS, HEIGHT 2.2MTRS. AN AREA OF BROKEN UP WRECKAGE WITH DEBRIS MAINLY TO SW. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1561). AMEND DW TO 4.9MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: AREA OF WELL BROKEN WRECKAGE WITH SINGLE OBJECT - POSSIBLY BOILER

Position: 50 46.147 N,0 28.807 W

 

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