This is the information page about the shipwreck Harald klitgaard (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 4.829 N,1 9.257 W (55.872216666667, -1.1950333333333)

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: HARALD KLITGAARD (POSSIBLY)

Length 79.6 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1799 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: ex-fairfield. built of iron in 1884 by richardson, duck & co, stockton-on-tees. owned at time of loss by dansk-russiske dampskibs. two boilers, compound expansion engine of 143nhp, single shaft. machinery by blair & co ltd, stockport-on-tees. torpedoed & sunk by u-77.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 62 meter, Height above seabed: 151 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2004

Details measurements/cartography: H3039/26 CONFIRMS LOSS, GIVES NAME, ETC. H315/27 14.2.27 INS AS NDWPA IN 560500N, 010600W. (AUTHORITY NOT GIVEN). 27.9.76 AMEND TO USCPA 34MTRS.(AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 273. HH091/083/01 10.3.05 EXAM'D 29.10.04 IN 5604.829N, 0109.257W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 59.0 IN GEN DEPTH 62.1MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 36MTRS, WIDTH 17MTRS, HT 3.1MTRS. LIES 151/321 DEGS. REASONABY INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 1083). POSSIBLY IN TWO PARTS LYING PARALLEL AND CLOSE TOGETHER. AMEND WK 59MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ?IN TWO PARTS, LYING PARALLEL AND CLOSE TOGETHER

Position: 56 4.829 N,1 9.257 W

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