This is the information page about the shipwreck Kolga, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 13.05 N,2 4.05 W (50.167166666667, -11.000666666667)

 

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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. Advanti
2. Aeneas (probably)
3. Aeolian sky
4. Antonis g lemos (probably)
5. Aparima
6. Badger (probably)
7. Balmoralwood
8. Baron garioch
9. Bissen
10. Bretagne
11. Bronte (ex-war coney)
12. Cathrine
13. Chasseur 6
14. Chasseur 7
15. Cheyenne
16. Dagmar
17. Dallas city (possibly)
18. Derna (probably)
19. Deucalion
20. Eika
21. El kahira
22. Elena r
23. Eleni stathatou
24. Elmcrest
25. Emile miguet
26. Ethel (probably)
27. Etoile des ondes
28. Eugene schneider (probably)
29. Everleigh
30. Evertsen
31. Finn
32. Finnborg
33. Fluent
34. Frigga
35. G-bagh
36. Gairsoppa
37. Gallia
38. Georgios kyriakides
39. Girnigoe
40. Goathland
41. Hartburn (probably)
42. Hartley (possibly)
43. Heronspool
44. Hms arfon
45. Hms blackwood
46. Hms courageous
47. Hms dark gladiator
48. Hms delight
49. Hms gossamer
50. Hms john mitchell
51. Hms warrior ii
52. Hms waterlily
53. Hmsm a3
54. Hmsm safari (ex p 211)
55. Ice prince
56. Ioannis fafalios
57. Iolanthe
58. Jeanne
59. Johan (possibly)
60. Josef joham (bow section) (probably)
61. Kafiristan
62. Kolga
63. Lenda
64. Leticia
65. Lochavon
66. Louisiane
67. Malka
68. Mallard (possibly)
69. Meknes
70. Mersey
71. Messina
72. Miefield
73. Milo
74. Mount myrto
75. Neree (possibly)
76. Neree (probably)
77. Normandy
78. Oiekast (probably)
79. Orne (possibly)
80. Pan
81. Pangani
82. Perra (possibly)
83. Pescalanza
84. Pitchipoy (possibly)
85. San fernando
86. Snowdrop
87. Spiral (possibly)
88. Stade (possibly)
89. Start
90. Theodoros t
91. Tiiu
92. U 672 (possibly)
93. Uffe
94. Vera (probably)
95. Vikholmen
96. Waitara
97. Xania

 

Name: KOLGA

Length 105.2 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 3526 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: bombed and sunk by german aircraft while on passage tyne to wilmington, n carolina, usa.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 55 meter, Height above seabed: 30 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1998

Details measurements/cartography: H1001/40 H1001/40 SANK IN 501300N, 020000W, APPROX. (WW2SL). SANK ABOUT 20 MILES S OF PORTLAND. (LLOYDS WAR LOSSES). 19.11.75 19.11.75 INS AS USCPA 20FMS IN 501300N, 020000W. NE 2649. 9.8.78 9.8.78 AMEND TO USC PA 36MTRS. NE 2454.. 18.1.80 18.1.80 SHOWN AS NDW PD ON FRENCH 878 [DEC 1079]. NCA. HH090/533/01 24.2.92 HH090/533/01 24.2.92 LARGE, FAIRLY INTACT WK EXAM'D 2.12.91 IN 501303N, 020403W [WGD] USING HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 49.3 IN GEN DEPTH 55MTRS. SCOUR 2.4MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 6.6MTRS, LENGTH 80MTRS. LIES 030/210 DEG. A SIGNIFICANT MAGNETIC ANOMALY WAS OBSERVED. CHART AS WK 48MTRS ACCEPTING SONAR HEIGHT. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 533). AMEND TO WK 48MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 783/92. HH100/351/13 10.9.98 HH100/351/13 10.9.98 DIVED IN 8.98. INTACT BUT ALMOST UPSIDE DOWN AND COLLAPSED. ENGINE ROOM IS INTACT WITH SINGLE BOILER. VESSEL IS PROBABLY MACHINERY AFT. (N R CHIPCHASE).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INVERTED AND COLLAPSED

Position: 50 13.05 N,2 4.05 W

 

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