This is the information page about the shipwreck Isbjorn, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 22.715 N,3 3.994 W (50.302916666667, -3.1211333333333)

 

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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. Ailsa craig (probably)
2. Aleyna
3. Algarve
4. Angelena bm 271
5. Avalanche
6. Avalon g ii
7. Bamse (probably)
8. Bayonne
9. Bokn (possibly)
10. Boma
11. Borgund i (possibly)
12. Broomhill (probably)
13. Chateau yqem
14. Cheshire
15. Chorley
16. Christoffel colombus (possibly)
17. City of swansea (probably)
18. Cornelia
19. Einar jarl
20. Gefion
21. General leman (possibly)
22. Gibel-hamam
23. Glocliffe
24. Gorizia
25. Greleen
26. Greta c
27. Gudrun
28. Heroine (probably)
29. Hms amazon
30. Hms bittern
31. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
32. Hms boadicea
33. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
34. Hms formidable
35. Hms harstad
36. Hms hickory
37. Hms loch erinboll (stern part)(probably)
38. Hms lord hailsham
39. Hms manor
40. Irma germaine (possibly)
41. Isbjorn
42. Karen marie (probably)
43. Kongshaug (probably)
44. L h carl
45. La blanca (possibly)
46. Lct 381
47. Lofoten (probably)
48. Lord stewart
49. Lucinda (possibly)
50. Majorca
51. Marguerite (possibly)
52. Marie des isles
53. Marjolene
54. Minerva (probably)
55. Modavia
56. Moel tryvan
57. Moidart
58. Motano (probably)
59. Nil desperandum (probably)
60. Nyasaland
61. Ocean vagabond
62. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
63. Pergo
64. Pomella
65. Quest
66. Radaas (probably)
67. Reggestroom (probably)
68. Renilde
69. Rosten (possibly)
70. Rota
71. Rotorua
72. Sarah jayne
73. Siren
74. Sparkling foam (possibly)
75. Ster de zee (possibly)
76. Tandil (probably)
77. Ub 19 (probably)
78. Ursa (probably)
79. W h dwyer
80. Westergate (probably)

 

Name: ISBJORN

Length 51.8 meter, width: 8.2 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 597 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1907 in fevig, norway. owned at time of loss by peter smedvig, stavanger. triple expansion engine of 70 nhp. cylinder sizes of 12, 20 and 32inch. sank after taking water in heavy weather. (n r chipchase & sibi).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 52 meter, Height above seabed: 15 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: 9.3.45 9.3.45 GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 502212N, 030400W.(AUBD 303/89, HMS LEITH). H2502/51 H2502/51 WK IN 502233N, 030409W. DEPTH OVER WRECK 23FMS, HEIGHT ABOVE SEA BED 34FT. (HMS SEAGULL, 1950). H6025/53 7.10.53 H6025/53 7.10.53 INS WK 23FMS [42MTRS]. NC 3315. H5982/82 9.2.83 H5982/82 9.2.83 WK IN 502234N, 030406W [OGB] USING DECCA. (KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)2, 1982). AMEND TO REVISED POSN. BR STD.H2923/83 3.10.84 EXAM'D 10.5.84 IN 502240N, 030356W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 44 IN GEN DEPTH 52MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1MTR. DCS3 HT 10MTRS, LENGTH 70MTRS. LYING APPROX 025/205DEGS. RETAIN CHARTED DEPTH. (GARDLINE SURVEY LTD, HI 202). AMEND TO REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/13 16.9.97 HH100/351/13 16.9.97 DIVED 7.97 IN 502241.5N, 030355W [OGB] USING DECCA. WK IS UPRIGHT WITH TORPEDO DAMAGE TO STERN. THE VESSEL HAS CHARACTERISTICS OF KOS TYPE WHALER, HIGH BOWS, PRONOUNCED SHEER AND HANCE (SIC) MIDSHIPS. THE TELEGRAPH WAS SET AT FULL STEAM AHEAD. A NUMBER OF 20MM SHELLS DATED 1943 WERE FOUND. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA. HH100/351/13 10.9.98 HH100/351/13 10.9.98 BELL RECOVERED 7.98 MARKED 'ISBJORN 1907'. WK IS UPRIGHT AND INTACT. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA. 1.5.13 1.5.13 EXAM'D 18.1.13 IN 5022.715N, 0303.994W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 45.9 IN GEN DEPTH 52MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP EXTENDS 380 DEGS ALONG 065/245 DEGS. LENGTH 50.6MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS, HT 6.1MTRS. INTACT, UPRIGHT. (NETSURVEY, HI 1369). BOWS NNE. AMEND WK 45MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS NNE, SCOUR RUNS 065/245 DEGS

Position: 50 22.715 N,3 3.994 W

 

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