This is the information page about the shipwreck Krosfond, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 2.497 N,5 1.91 W (50.041617, -5.031833)

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.

Name: KROSFOND

Length 78.9 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 1707 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-carmelia. built in 1904 by wood, skinner & co ltd, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by svithun linjen a/s, stavanger. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 156nhp, single shaft. passage newport for rouen. cargo coal. torpedoed or mined. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1971

Water depth above wreck: 60 meter, Height above seabed: 30 cm

Known since: 1971, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: H4417/71 24.9.71 WK FOUND IN 500227N, 050151W,OR 118DEG, 1.22M FROM MANACLES CG STN [+/- 20MTRS], DURING SALVAGE TRIALS WITH VICKERS VENTURER/PISCES. LOCATED WITH TRANSIT SONAR POSN DEPENDENT ON TRANSPONDERS ESTABLISHED AT MANACLES PT AND BLACK HEAD. (DECCA SURVEY, 15.9.71). CHART AS NDW. NC 154 & LATER FNM 37/71. 2.7.74 NOW CHARTED AS USC 28MTRS. (CALCULATED FROM TONNAGE OF BAMSE [SEE 22652]). NE 154. H4239/73 15.8.74 WK SONAR CONTACT OBTAINED IN REPORTED POSN, NOT EXAM'D DUE PROXIMITY OF MANACLES ROCKS. (HMS HECATE, 1974). NCA. 25.11.74 LOCATED DURING SALVAGE SURVEY, 1974. (E GILES). NCA. H1309/75/464 6.7.76 WK LOCATED IN 500231.17N, 050147.35W [OGB] USING DECCA. (CPO CAKEBREAD). NCA. 15.5.78 NOW CHARTED AS NDW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 2565. HH090/521/01 27.1.92 EXAM'D 19.7.91 IN 500226.5N, 050151.5W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOPS]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 50.6 IN GEN DEPTH 61MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 10MTRS. LIES 045/225 DEGS. EITHER A FV OR A SMALL COASTER WITH INTACT SUPERSTRUCTURE AND UPRIGHT. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 521). AMEND TO WK 50MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/15 16.2.00 DIVED 1998 IN 5002.452N, 0501.866W [WGD] USING DGPS. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. HT BY DEPTH GAUGE 7-8MTRS. LIES 045/225 DEGS WITH BOWS NE. INTACT. SOME MATERIAL FROM THE WK HAS, OR WOULD APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SITE IN YEARS PAST. SEABED SAND & SILT. COVERED IN NETS. (J ROSEVEARE). NCA. 25.10.01 (J ROSEVEARE/G FURSE TELECON 25.10.01). HH232/420/06 15.12.04 EXAM'D IN 5002.492N, 0501.925W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 52.2MTRS. LENGTH 72MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES NE/SW. (RESON/FATHOMS SURVEY DTD 18.10.03). BR STD. 26.4.13 EXAM'D 27.2.13 IN 5002.497N, 0501.910W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 51.12 IN GEN DEPTH 60MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 81.0MTRS, WIDTH 17.2MTRS, HT 8.88MTRS. LIES 030/210 DEGS. INTACT & UPRIGHT. (NETSURVEY, HI 1406). AMEND WK 51MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT & UPRIGHT, BOWS NNE

Position: 50 2.497 N,5 1.91 W

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