This is the information page about the shipwreck Jonkoping ii (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 25.073 N,2 14.348 W (56.633333333333, -16)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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.
Name: JONKOPING II (PROBABLY)
Length 74.8 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1274 ton
Cause: built in 1888. two boilers, triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage gothenburg for blyth. torpedoed by uc-49. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1969
Water depth above wreck: 56 meter, Height above seabed: 80 cm
Known since: 1969, last detected: 2008
Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 5 MILES E FROM BELL ROCK. H3704/69 29.9.69 WK LOCATED IN 562504N, 021403W [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 160 IN GEN DEPTH 189FT [LAT]. LENGTH 500FT. LIES E/W. ON A FLAT BOTTOM. NO SCOUR. GOOD SONAR CONTACT ALL ROUND. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 44/69). INS AS WK 26FMS. BR STD. HH091/152/01 - SEP 2008/000080688 19.6.08 EXAM'D 19.2.08 IN 5625.073N, 0214.348W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 47.9 IN GEN DEPTH 56.2MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 81MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 8.3MTRS. LIES 080/260 DEGS WITH BOWS W. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN SEVERED MIDSHIPS WITH FWD HALF DISPLACED SLIGHTLY TO STBD. (GARDLINE HYDRO, HI 1152). AMEND WK 47MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, BOWS W, ?SEVERED MIDSHIPS
Position: 56 25.073 N,2 14.348 W