This is the information page about the shipwreck Hoshanger, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 48.668 N,2 24.209 W (58.841266666667, -2.3266833333333)

 

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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.

 

1. Boy allan
2. Calf sound
3. Cemfjord
4. Charisma
5. Cotovia (probably)
6. Dale
7. Elegance
8. England ?
9. Express (main section)
10. Express (portion of)
11. Finland
12. Fredensborg
13. Hastings county
14. Hms duke of albany
15. Hms nessus
16. Hms zarefah
17. Hoshanger
18. Loch maddy (bow section) (probably)
19. Malta ii (probably)
20. Navena
21. St rognvald
22. Svinta
23. Tamara xii (probably)
24. Tennessee
25. U 53
26. Urania ?
27. Vestfoss
28. Vestvoss (possibly)

 

Name: HOSHANGER

Length 74.7 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1591 ton

Cause: built in 1911 by bergens mek. verksted. owned at time of loss by westfal-larsen & co, a/s. triple-expansion engines of 139nhp. sunk by u-20 15 miles se of copinsay lt. passage unknown for scotland. one man recovered, 17 lost. (ll ww2, dods & axis submarine losses).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 76 meter, Height above seabed: 150 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 APPROX SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 581000N, 014000W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). SUNK IN 582500N, 015300W. (WW2SL). HH091/137/01 - SEP 2007/000038650 30.3.07 EXAM'D 12.8.06 IN 5848.6683N, 0224.2089W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 69.4 IN GEN DEPTH 76.5MTRS. SCOUR 1.5MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 7MTRS TOWARDS 310 DEGS. LENGTH 49.5MTRS, WIDTH 14.8MTRS, HT 6.5MTRS. LIES 150/330 DEGS WITH BOWS NW. MAIN WRECK IS BROKEN WITH THE PARTS OFFSET. THIRD PIECE LIES 205MTRS TO THE SE. NO OTHER DEBRIS EVIDENT. (NETSURVEY LTD, HI 1137). INS AS WK 69MTRS.

- NM 2971/07. H01001/40 5.10.07 RESEARCH USING DOCUMENTATION FROM U 20, WOULD INDICATE THAT THIS WRECK IS PROBABLY THAT OF DANISH SS 'FREDENSBORG [SEE ALSO 1385]. (K HEATH E-MAIL DTD 18.9.07 & TELECON) H01001/40 WHICH GAVE SINKING POSN AS 5810.00N, 0140.00W HAS BEEN DESTROYED. WKS USC PA 70MTRS [TO COVER 'ENGLAND' & 'HOSANGER'] IN 5825.00N, 0153.00W TO REMAIN CHARTED UNTIL DISPROVED BY SURVEY. 20.6.11 THIS WK CONSIDERED TO BE HOSHANGER. (K HEATH, TELECON 20.6.11).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BROKEN WITH PARTS OFFSET, PORTION LIES SE

Position: 58 48.668 N,2 24.209 W

 

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