This is the information page about the shipwreck Kongshaug (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 19.404 N,3 0.105 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. Bamse (probably)
7. Bayonne
8. Bokn (possibly)
9. Boma
10. Borgund i (possibly)
11. Broomhill (probably)
12. Chateau yqem
13. Cheshire
14. Chorley
15. City of swansea (probably)
16. Clan stuart (probably)
17. Cornelia
18. Einar jarl
19. Gefion
20. General leman (possibly)
21. Gibel-hamam
22. Glocliffe
23. Gorizia
24. Grane
25. Greenville
26. Greleen
27. Greta c
28. Gudrun
29. Hms amazon
30. Hms bittern
31. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
32. Hms boadicea
33. Hms buccaneer
34. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
35. Hms formidable
36. Hms harstad
37. Hms hickory
38. Hms loch erinboll (stern part)(probably)
39. Hms lord hailsham
40. Hms manor
41. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
42. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
43. Hms remindo (possibly)
44. Isbjorn
45. Karen marie (probably)
46. Kongshaug (probably)
47. L h carl
48. La blanca (possibly)
49. La portaise (probably)
50. Lct 381
51. Lofoten (probably)
52. Lord stewart
53. Lst 507 (bow section)
54. Lst 507 (stern section)
55. Lst 531
56. Lucinda (possibly)
57. Majorca
58. Marguerite (possibly)
59. Marie des isles
60. Marjolene
61. Minerva (probably)
62. Modavia
63. Moel tryvan
64. Moidart
65. Motano (probably)
66. Nil desperandum (probably)
67. Nyasaland
68. Ocean vagabond
69. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
70. Pergo
71. Pomella
72. Radaas (probably)
73. Reggestroom (probably)
74. Renilde
75. Romsdalen (probably)
76. Rosten (possibly)
77. Rotorua
78. Salsette ii
79. Siren
80. Sparkling foam (possibly)
81. Ster de zee (possibly)
82. Tandil (probably)
83. Trito
84. U 1191
85. Ub 19 (probably)
86. Ull (probably)
87. Ursa (probably)
88. W h dwyer
89. Westergate (probably)

 

Name: KONGSHAUG (PROBABLY)

Length 66.3 meter, width: 9.7 meter, draught: 6.3, tonnage 1156 ton
Load: coal,flammable liquids and gases

Cause: ex-scillia. built in 1898 by fevigs, jernskibsbyg, arendel. triple expansion engine. passage swansea for poole. torpedoed and sunk by e boats with other vessels of convoy wp 183. the commodore's vessel, she was torpedoed forward of the bridge of the stbd side and sank in 30 seconds. (n r chipchase).

Year of registration: 1999

Water depth above wreck: 54 meter, Height above seabed: 112 cm

Known since: 1999, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/14 8.9.99 HH100/351/14 8.9.99 DIVED 7.1999 IN 5019.583N, 0300.083W [OGB] USING DECCA. LIES INVERTED WITH STERN TO THE EAST. PATENT FUEL CARGO IS SCATTERED ON THE SEABED. THE BOW IS CRUMPLED AND DAMAGED. THERE IS A HOLE NEAR THE KEEL ON THE PORT SIDE CLOSE TO MIDSHIPS. (N R CHIPCHASE). INS AS NDW. BR STD. HH090/961/01 9.12.03 HH090/961/01 9.12.03 EXAM'D 11.7.03 IN 5019.404N, 0300.105W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 46.8 IN GEN DEPTH 54MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 63MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.8MTRS. LIES 112/292 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 292 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. DEBRIS EXTENDS 12MTRS NORTH AND 9MTRS SOUTH. INTACT, INVERTED. (GARDLINE, HI 961). AMEND WK 46MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INVERTED, BOWS W

Position: 50 19.404 N,3 0.105 W

 

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