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 (49.967, -5.1835166666667)

 

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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. Adams (possibly)
2. Adolf vinnen
3. Alexander kennedy
4. Almond branch (possibly)
5. Andola
6. Andromeda
7. Arab
8. Ardgarry
9. Arvor
10. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
11. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
12. Atlantis (possibly)
13. Atlantis (possibly)
14. Ballarat
15. Bamse (probably)
16. Bay of panama
17. Beatrice (possibly)
18. Bellucia
19. Ben asdale
20. Ben rein
21. Benito
22. Bjornvik (possibly)
23. Brest
24. Bretonne (probably)
25. Cape finisterre (probably)
26. Carmarthen
27. Caroline
28. Carolus
29. Caroni river
30. Caroni river (part of)(probably)
31. Centurion (possibly)
32. Cieszyn
33. Citrine
34. City of ghent
35. Clan apline
36. Clan malcolm
37. Cromdale
38. Cyrenian
39. Czar
40. Dionne marie
41. Dispatch (possibly)
42. Elisabeth (possibly)
43. Epsilon
44. Erato
45. Eric calvert (possibly)
46. Eskdale
47. Eva (possibly)
48. Forde
49. Friday (vrijdag) possibly
50. Ganymede
51. Gap
52. Godolphin
53. Grip (part of)
54. Gunvor
55. Hanover
56. Hansy
57. Happy returns (possibly)
58. Hera
59. Hmcs trentonian
60. Hmml 380
61. Hms almond (after part)
62. Hms almond (bow part)
63. Hms anson
64. Hms brandlebas
65. Hms comet
66. Hms gloaming
67. Hms javelin (stern section)
68. Hms kurd
69. Hms lady of the isles
70. Hms primrose
71. Hms rinovia
72. Hms roche bonne
73. Hms torrent
74. Hmy sappho (possibly)
75. Hnlms brielle
76. Ilston
77. Jersey queen (possibly)
78. John
79. Jolie mouette
80. Julie anne ii (part of)(possibly)
81. Juno
82. Karen marie
83. Kerris reed
84. King harry (probably)
85. Kremsertor
86. Krosfond
87. Kwester
88. La suippe
89. Lady dalhousie
90. Le vieux tigre
91. Leander
92. Leon martin (part of)
93. Libourne
94. Loe bar wk
95. Lord snowden (probably)
96. Lorle (probably)
97. Lucent (possibly)
98. Lydie
99. Merle
100. Mina cantiquin
101. Mitera marigo
102. Mohegan
103. Mosel
104. Mountby
105. Mourne (probably)
106. N g petersen
107. Normand
108. Nyassa
109. Ocklinge
110. Omer denise
111. Ospra
112. Pearl (possibly)
113. Penelope jane (possibly)
114. Pindos
115. Plantaganet
116. Poljames
117. Poljames
118. Ponus
119. Port chalmers
120. Prestige
121. Princess royal
122. Queen (possibly)
123. Rigmor (possibly)
124. Robert
125. Rock island bridge
126. Royal anne galley
127. Santo christo de castello (possibly)
128. Schiedam
129. Shoal fisher
130. Spital
131. Spyridion vagliano
132. St anthony (possibly)
133. St george (possibly)
134. Stanwood
135. Twilight water
136. U 1018
137. U 95
138. Ub 106 (possibly)
139. Ub 112 (possibly)
140. Ub 113
141. Ub 128 (possibly)
142. Ub 86 (possibly)
143. Ub 97 (possibly)
144. Uc 66
145. Ula
146. Veritas
147. Ville de thann (bow section)(possibly)
148. Ville de thann (stern section)(possibly)
149. Violet
150. Volnay
151. War tune
152. Westwood (possibly)
153. Wyndcliffe
154. Zebra

 

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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