This is the information page about the shipwreck Halland (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 1.864 N,2 18.927 W (56.061683333333, -2.4954166666667)

 

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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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2. Asta (probably)
3. Avondale park (possibly)
4. Ballochbuie (possibly)
5. Baron st jernblad
6. Bear
7. Boyne castle (possibly)
8. Captain
9. Cyclops
10. Einar jarl (probably)
11. Gaslight (parts of)(possibly)
12. Gasray (part of)(possibly)
13. Glanmire
14. Halland (probably)
15. Harley (part of)(possibly)
16. Hms columba (probably)
17. Hms embley
18. Hms northumbria
19. Hms pathfinder
20. Hms strathrannock
21. Hmsm k17
22. Hmsm k4
23. Island magee
24. Mallard
25. Nobelese
26. Northards
27. Odense
28. President
29. Primrose
30. Ptarmigan
31. River garry
32. Royal fusilier
33. Sabbia
34. Scotia
35. Sea hunter
36. Sneland 1
37. Storjen
38. U 74

 

Name: HALLAND (PROBABLY)

Length 72.5 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 4.1, tonnage 1264 ton
Load: cement

Cause: built in 1923 by howaldtswerke, keil. owned at time of loss by the ministry of shipping (g gibbons). two boilers, triple expansion engine of 102nhp, single shaft. passage london for dundee. bombed and sunk by german aircraft. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 61 meter, Height above seabed: 40 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 070DEG, 8M FROM DUNBAR. (LLOYDS WAR LOSSES). PLOTS IN 560300N, 021700W APPROX. 7.11.72 INS AS USC PA 20FMS. (TONNAGE KNOWN) NE 1407. 28.4.78 AMEND TO USC PA 37MTRS. NC 1407. HH100/351/20 18.8.03 VESSEL DIVED APPROX 8 YEARS AGO. POSTIVELY IDENTIFIED BY CARGO OF CEMENT BAGS IN HOLD. SITTING UPRIGHT IN GEN DEPTH 67MTRS, OPEN SPOKE WHEEL ON STERN, BRASS PORTHOLES WITH DEADLIGHTS AND GLASS INTACT. FIXED USING TRANSIT MARKS. GPS POSN TO FOLLOW. (CRAIG HUNTER, E-MAIL DTD 15.8.03) NCA, AWAIT ACCURATE POSN. HH091/051/01 19.1.03 EXAM'D 4.11.03 IN 5601.864N, 0218.927W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 52.4 IN GEN DEPTH 61MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 95MTRS, WIDTH 35MTRS. DCS3 HT 9MTRS. LIES 040/220 DEGS. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (NP 1008, HI 1051). ?ONLY PART OF VESSEL. INS WK 52MTRS. BR STD. HH242/640/06 29.1.04 PNM 1307/04 ISSUED FOR BA 175, 1407. HH100/351/22 26.9.05 CONSIDERED BY B BAIRD TO BE 'HALLAND'. WK WAS LOCATED IN 1993. UPRIGHT AND INTACT. LEAST DEPTH TO DECK IS 63MTRS. BRIDGE PLATING HAS FALLEN AWAY AND PORTHOLES WERE STREWN AROUND THAT AREA. THE COMPASS, CROCKERY AND ASSORTED BOTTLES HAVE BEEN FOUND AND THE HOLD IS FULL OF CEMENT. THE EMERGENCY STEERING WHEEL STILL STANDS AT THE STERN AND THE STERN AND BRIDGE ARE VERY PICTURESQUE. (R YOUNG, EMAIL DTD 12.9.05). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, HOLDS VISIBLE ON DCS3, ?ONLY PART OF VESSEL

Position: 56 1.864 N,2 18.927 W

 

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