This is the information page about the shipwreck Hafnia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 45 23.775 N,1 14.922 W (45.5484, -1.0411333333333)

 

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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: HAFNIA

Length 79.6 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1619 ton
Load: coal

Cause: vessel, built 1888 by helsingors jernskibs-og maskinsbyg, struck a mine & sank in the bay of biscay. owned at the time of loss by p brown jr & co. (dods). sunk while on passage from manchester to gibralter. (ll ww1).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 23 meter

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H7396/17 3.1.18 WK IN 452345N, 011505W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). - FNM 7/18. H1309/19 ABOVE POSN CONFIRMED. (PARIS NM). H8479/33 10.1.34 NOT SHOWN ON FRENCH CHART. DELETE.

- NM 115/34. 18.1.54 SHOWN AS DW IN 452351N, 011451W [EUR] ON FRENCH 4872. NC 2664. 9.4.85 LISTED IN FRENCH WK RECORDS 1984, NO.14551126. SEP 2009000062843 13.8.09 SHOWN IN 4523.800N, 0114.944W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7070 [INT 1804] [2ND EDN 2009, 1:150,000, LARGEST SCALE]. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 45 23.775 N,1 14.922 W

 

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