This is the information page about the shipwreck Hjordis, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 58.99 N,0 58.193 E (53.0506667, 1.1718667)

 

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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: HJORDIS

Length 61 meter, width: 9.1 meter, tonnage 431 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Ex- strassburg, ex-gimle. built of iron in 1873 by akt ges hansa, rostock. owned at time of loss by j ringen. one boiler, compound expansion engine, single shaft. wrecked while on passage hull for calais. 10 of 11 crew lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 0 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 2015

Details measurements/cartography: H4641/21 28.7.21 TWO WKS EXAM'D: [A] LE BOER, WOODEN, 54FT LONG, 24FT BEAM, LYING BLAKENEY CH 134.15 DEG, 2.725M . LIES ABOUT 48FT FROM WATERS EDGE WITH RIBS SHOWING ABOUT 2.5FT ABOVE SAND. FIXED BY HSA. [B] GEORGES, IRON NORSE SS, 200FT LONG, 30FT BEAM. LIES IN DEEP POOL WITH BLAKENEY CH 134.25DEG, 2.8M, ON HDG 020 DEG (T). HAS LIST TO PORT AND AMAST STANDING AT FORWARD END. HULL IS BROKEN AMIDSHIPS AND STANDS ABOUT 9FT ABOVE LWST. THE BOILER AND ENGINES SHOW AND A CAT DAVIT STANDS NEAR STERN. FIXED BY HSA. (TH, 18.7.21). INS 2 WKS [OLD SYMBOL] IN 525902N, 005825E, & DELETE FAIRWAY BUOY. BR STD. H2509/23 6.4.23 ONLY 1 ST SHOWN ON HMS FITZROY 1922/23 SURVEY C9278 & C9065/5. NC 108. H1179/56 11.2.56 WK NO LONGER VISIBLE. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 1954). NE 108. H4641/21 10.9.58 DW LIES 316DEGS, 2.7M FROM BLAKENEY CH, MARKED BY BN CLOSE W & S. (TH).

- NM 1940/58. H4641/21 12.2.59 WK EXTENDS APPROX 40FT NW AND 130FT SE OF LT BEACON ERECTED ON WK. (TH NM 88/58).

- NM 3015/58. H4641/21 29.4.59 DW NOW MARKED BY G CONL BUOY, CLOSE NE. (TH NM 22/59).

- NM 904/59. H4641/21 26.10.59 POSN OF WK CHECKED. FOUND TO LIE 259DEG, 1.75C FROM CHARTED POSN, IN 525858N, 005812E. (TH, 2.10.59). BR STD. H4641/21 12.7.60 DW NOW MARKED BY G CAN BUOY, GREEN REFLECTOR, CLOSE W. (TH NM 37/60).

- NM 1597/60. H4641/21 28.7.60 INS LEGEND, REFLECTOR GREEN, AGAINST BUOY ON 1503 & 1094. (TH).

- NM 1802/60. H4641/21 15.10.76 WK [B] NOW REFERRED TO AS HJORDIS. NO REFERENCE TO LE BOER. MARKED BY R CAN BUOY 60FT W OF WK. (TH NMS 93 & 101/76). BR STD. H4641/21 7.8.78 AMEND BUOY TO G CONL, CLOSE E.

- NM 1934/78. HH242/881/01 6.9.90 REPORTED AS STRANDED WK AND USED AS AN AID TO LOCATE ENTRANCE TO APPROACH CHANNEL TO BLAKENEY. (STRATTON LONG MARINE, BLAKENEY, 21.8.90). BR STD. 16.8.93 ST SHOWN IN 525858N, 005818E [OGB] ON AERIAL PHOTO [DTD 1989]. NE 108. HH242/570/03 7.12.94 STBD HAND BUOY DISCONTINUED. PORT HAND RED CAN BUOY ESTABLISHED 315DEGS, 25MTRS FROM WK. (TH TELEX DTD 5.12.94).

- NM ACTION. [WGD] POSN: 5258.990N, 0058.193E. NE 108. SEP 2008/000080571 1.10.08 BUOY DISCONTINUED. ISO DANGER BEACON, FL(2)5 SEC, ESTABLISHED ON WK IN APPROX POSN 5259.031N, 0058.144E [WGD]. FURTHER NOTICE TO BE ISSUED WHEN FINAL POSN OF BEACON IS CONFIRMED. (TH, NAVWARING DTD 29.9.08). NE 108. SEP 2008/000089933 10.11.08 HJORDIS LIGHTED BEACON ESTABLISHED IN 5259.018N, 0058.144E [WGD]. (TH NM 39/08). NCA. SEP 2008/000089350 11.11.08 ISO PILLAR DANGER BEACON, FL(2)5 SEC IN 5259.018N, 0058.144E [WGD]. (TH, FAX DTD 5.11.08). NCA. 29.8.12 EXAM'D 19.6.12 IN LISTED POSN. JUST VISIBLE 1.75 HOURS BEFORE LW, GIVING A DRYING HEIGHT OF APPROX 2MTRS. (THV ALERT, REPORT DTD 19.6.12). NCA. SEP 2015/000164560 30.7.15 EXAM'D 7.7.15 IN LISTED POSN. APPROX DRYING HEIGHT -1.9MTRS. BROKEN INTO TWO PIECES. (TRINITY HOUSE SURVEY). AMEND TO ST -1.9MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 58.99 N,0 58.193 E

 

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