This is the information page about the shipwreck Janvold, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 51.95 N,5 19.383 W (52.604766666667, -5.5701166666667)

 

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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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7. Cyrene
8. Damao (possibly)
9. Earl of elgin
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11. Foyle (possibly)
12. Francoise de lille (possibly)
13. Galatea (possibly)
14. Greldon (possibly)
15. Hibernia (possibly)
16. Janvold
17. Kirkby (probably)
18. Knut
19. M.s.c. irwell
20. Memphian (possibly)
21. Mexico city
22. Oronsa
23. Paros
24. Raf vitol (possibly)
25. Rose marie (probably)
26. Susanne ii
27. Swanland
28. Tarbetness
29. U 87
30. U 87 (part of) (possibly)
31. Walpas (possibly)
32. Yturri bide (possibly)

 

Name: JANVOLD

Length 71.6 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1366 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: ex-gijones, ex-jan blockx, ex-mainaxa. built in 1904 by grangemouth & greenock dockyard co. owned at time of loss by akties., javvold. single boiler, triple expansion engine of 151 hp, single screw. machinery by cooper and grieg of dundee. passage bilbao for glasgow. cargo iron ore. torpedoed aft by german submarine u-97.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 87 meter, Height above seabed: 120 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 1982

Details measurements/cartography: 27.5.18 M26302 27.5.18 POSN 525200N, 051900W. (IDSA MASTER). 27.5.18 M26303 27.5.18 POSN 525200N, 051900W. (CO HMT LORD ALLENDALE). 2.6.18 M010671 2.6.18 POSN 524700N, 051200W. (COMMODORE IN C KINGSTOWN). INS ON CHARTS. AMEND TO NDW. (DATE NOT KNOWN). 8.11.78 8.11.78 AMEND TO USCPA 55MTRS. NC 1411. H1935/80 17.5.82 H1935/80 17.5.82 EXAM'D 18.6.81 IN 525157N, 051923W [OGB] USING HIFIX.6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 78 IN GEN DEPTH 87MTRS. SCOUR 87.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 10MTRS. INTACT, UPRIGHT AND LYING 120/300 DEGS. LENGTH APPROX 100MTRS. (HMS FAWN, HI 3). INS AS WK 77MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT & INTACT

Position: 52 51.95 N,5 19.383 W

 

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