This is the information page about the shipwreck Lofoten (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 13.247 N,3 15.554 W (50.220783, -3.259233)

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: LOFOTEN (PROBABLY)

Length 56.4 meter, width: 9.2 meter, draught: 6.3, tonnage 942 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1913 by akers mek vaerks, christiania. owned at time of loss by the shipping controller. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 88 nhp, single shaft. passage glasgow for le havre. torpedoed by ub-59. 17 men lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 59 meter, Height above seabed: 30 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: 22.2.45 22.2.45 SONAR CONTACT IN 501330N, 031500W. HT 30FT. (ESCORT GROUP 26). H2502/51 24.4.51 H2502/51 24.4.51 WK IN 501317N, 031529W. DEPTH OVER WRECK 28FMS. HT ABOVE SEABED 27FT. (HMS SEAGULL, 1950). CHART AS WK 28FMS [51MTRS]. BR STD. H5982/82 23.2.83 H5982/82 23.2.83 WK SHOWN IN 501311N, 031530W ON KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)3 [1982]. NCA. H2923/83 2.10.84 H2923/83 2.10.84 EXAM'D 10.5.84 IN 501312N, 031529W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 51 IN 59MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1MTR. DCS3 HT 6.8MTRS, LENGTH 60MTRS, BEAM 12MTRS. LYING 025/205DEGS. (GARDLINE SURVEY LTD, HI 202). INTACT, PROBABLY UPRIGHT. RETAIN AS WK 51MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H090/961/01 18.12.03 H090/961/01 18.12.03 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (GARDLINE, HI 961). NCA. 27.10.08 27.10.08 THIS IS CONSIDERED TO BE LOFOTEN FROM INFORMATION SUPPLIED. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA. 7.5.13 7.5.13 EXAM'D 19.1.13 IN 5013.247N, 0315.554W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 50.80 IN GEN DEPTH 59MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 61.5MTRS, WIDTH 11MTRS, HT 8.2MTRS. LIES 030/210 DEGS WITH BOWS NE. UPRIGHT AND PARTIALLY INTACT WITH BOWS DAMAGED. (NETSURVEY, HI 1369). BOWS COLLAPSED. AMEND WK 50MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS NE COLLAPSING

Position: 50 13.247 N,3 15.554 W

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