This is the information page about the shipwreck Fryken, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 27.651 N,0 26.136 E (53.556, 0.1333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: FRYKEN
Length 63.7 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 920 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: Built in 1905 by f schichau, danzig. owned at time of loss by angb. aktieb. ferm. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 95hp, single shaft. passage gothenberg for london. general cargo. torpedoed and by ub 107.
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 10 meter
Known since: 1918, last detected: 2014
Details measurements/cartography: H3969/18 10.7.18 REPD SUNK IN 532745N, 002550E, APPROX. DANGER TO NAVIGATION. (VAEC, 10.7.18). INS AS DW WITH BUOY CLOSE E. - FNMS 472 & 495/18. H7620/18 DW IN 532745N, 002550E, WITH G W BUOY 80 YDS NE.
- NM 46/19. H124/19 3.1.19 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK IS 14FT. (VAEC). H6474/19 23.8.19 23.8.19 DISPERSED TO DEPTH OF 33FT [LWST]. BUOYS WITHDRAWN. (TH NM 83/19). AMEND TO WK 5.5FMS. DELETE BUOY. BR STD. 23.6.75 23.6.75 AMEND TO WK 9.4MTRS [LAT]. NC 107. HH090/593/01 22.12.93 NOT FOUND. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD., HI 593). AMEND TO FOUL. BR STD. SEP 2013/000180690 11.7.14 EXAM'D 1.1.14 IN 5327.651N, 0026.136E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.05 IN GEN DEPTH 10MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 66MTRS, WIDTH 14MTRS, HT 1MTR. LIES 080/260 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SMALL, BROKEN WK, WELL BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1419). ?DEBRIS OF THIS WK. INS AS WK 9MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 53 27.651 N,0 26.136 E