This is the information page about the shipwreck Haastein, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 71 0 N,27 0 E (71, 27)
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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: HAASTEIN
Length 40.2 meter, width: 7 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 287 ton
Load: fish
Cause: vessel sank following two large explosions, which blew open bows, between nordkinn and svaerholtklubben, off finnmark coast. (lloyds vol.224, 227).
Year of registration: 1976
Water depth above wreck: 200 meter
Known since: 1976
Details measurements/cartography: 25.1.77 VESSEL SANK BETWEEN NORDKINN AND SVAERHOLTKLUBBEN. (LLOYDS VOL.227). NCA, POSN 705000N, 240000E FOR FILING ONLY. 28.6.03 DATA RE-ASSESSED. POSN FOR FILING IN ERROR. AMENDED TO 7100.00N, 2700.00E TO LIE BETWEEN NORDKINN AND SVAEHOLTKLUBBEN. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 71 0 N,27 0 E