This is the information page about the shipwreck Johanna thorden, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 44.076 N,3 4.437 W (58.844716666667, -3.1926833333333)

 

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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. 090
2. Ac6
3. Almeria
4. Aorangi
5. Argyll
6. Athenic
7. Avra (possibly)
8. B 109 (part)
9. Bayern (turrets & wreckage)
10. Ben barvas
11. Benachie
12. Bettina danica
13. Bountiful
14. Bremse
15. Brummer
16. Budrie
17. Busy bee (part of)
18. Carolina thornden
19. Carron
20. Challenger
21. Clan mackinlay
22. Clio
23. Clio ii
24. Collingdoc
25. Copeland
26. Corinthia (stern section)
27. Croma
28. Daghestan (probably)
29. Danmark (after part)
30. Dresden
31. Duna
32. Dyle
33. Ebanezer
34. Edinboune
35. Elton
36. Emerald wings
37. Empire parsons (possiby)
38. Empire seaman
39. Empire seaman
40. Energy
41. Ephram
42. F2
43. Faro
44. Fulmar (possibly)
45. G101
46. G103
47. G104
48. Gartmore
49. Giralda (possibly)
50. Glen loth
51. Gobernador bories
52. Gondolier
53. Grosser kurfurst
54. Gunnaren
55. Hessen
56. Hindenburg
57. Hmd chance
58. Hmd imbat
59. Hmd lustring
60. Hmd lustring
61. Hmd lustring
62. Hms albacore (bow section)
63. Hms dewey eve
64. Hms endeavour
65. Hms loch garry
66. Hms narborough
67. Hms opal
68. Hms roedean
69. Hms rose valley
70. Hms royal oak
71. Hms strathgarry
72. Hms vanguard
73. Ilsenstein
74. Invader
75. Inverlane (bow section)
76. Irene
77. James barrie
78. Johanna thorden
79. Juanita
80. Juniata (fore part)
81. Jv 526
82. Jv 751
83. Kaiser
84. Kaiserin
85. Karlsruhe
86. Kathe niederkirchner
87. Koln
88. Konig
89. Kronprinz wilhelm
90. Lapland
91. Lizzie bain (possibly)
92. Loch maddy (stern section)
93. Lorne
94. Lycia
95. Mara
96. Markgraf
97. Martis
98. Martis
99. Minieh
100. Naja (part of)
101. Napier star
102. Neptune
103. Norholmen
104. Numidian
105. Numidian
106. Ocean racer
107. Pennsylvania
108. Pinnace 288
109. Pinnace 744
110. Pitstruan (probably)
111. Pontos
112. Prinzregent luitpold
113. Prolific
114. Prudentia
115. Radiation
116. Reginald
117. Reinfield
118. Rfa isleford
119. Ronda (part of)(possibly)
120. Ros bui (?part of)(possibly)
121. Rosewood
122. Ross puma
123. Rotherfield
124. S 36 (bow section)
125. Seydlitz
126. Skua flaes beacon
127. Stellatus
128. Strathelliot
129. Sunbeam
130. Swiftsure
131. Tabarka (possibly)
132. Tbf fn899
133. Teeswood
134. Tern 1
135. Thames
136. Thunfisch
137. U 18 (probably)
138. Ub 116
139. V 78 (part of)
140. V 81
141. V83
142. Yc 21

 

Name: JOHANNA THORDEN

Length 110.3 meter, width: 15.5 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 3223 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1936 by oresunsvarvet aktiebolag, landskrona. owned at time of loss by rederi a/b finska nordamerika. 10 cylinder, two stroke, oil engine of 675 bhp, single shaft. machinery by burmeister & wain, copenhagen. passage new york for gothenburg. stranded and lost in poor visiblity and a se gale while on her maiden voyage. general cargo included copper ingots, barrels of paraffin was, radios, tinned fruit and car parts. 30 lives lost including 2 women and 2 children. (sibi). was carrying several hundred tons of copper but it is uncertain if this was recovered. (sibi). went aground at tarf of swona. forepart carried 4 miles by gale and driven ashore. (dods).

Year of registration: 1937

Water depth above wreck: 15 meter

Known since: 1937, last detected: 2012

Details measurements/cartography: H796/37 3.4.37 POSN 584420N, 030410W. FOR FILING ONLY. 27.3.12 DIVED IN 5844.076N, 0304.437W [WGD]. LIES BETWEEN 10MTRS AND 22MTRS DEPTH. VERY BROKEN UP. COPPER INGOT RECOVERED. (K HEATH, EMAIL DTD 27.3.12). INS AS NDW. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: VERY BROKEN UP

Position: 58 44.076 N,3 4.437 W

 

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