This is the information page about the shipwreck Glitrefjell, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 29.96 N,0 29.91 E (56.4993333, 0.6651667)

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: GLITREFJELL

Length 75 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 5.6, tonnage 1568 ton

Cause: Sunk by torpedo or mine off st abbs head whilst on voyage oslo to the tyne. five crew killed. (dods)

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 88 meter

Known since: 1939

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 75 MILES E OF ST ABBS HEAD (DODS). GIVES POSN OF 563000N, 003000E APPROX. NCA POSN FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 56 29.96 N,0 29.91 E

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