This is the information page about the shipwreck Lofteverket, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 16.227 N,6 57.278 E (56.37155, 6.6903333)

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: LOFTEVERKET

Length 85 meter, width: 20 meter, tonnage 268 ton

Cause: Capsized and sank while under tow of tug fred flintstone. passage sandefjord for rotterdam.

Year of registration: 1987

Water depth above wreck: 38 meter

Known since: 1987, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: H2867/85 15.4.87 BARGE, DIMENSIONS 85 X 20 X 10 MTRS, REPORTED SUNK IN POSN 562515N, 065728E [EUR]. WK IS UNMARKED AND LEAST DEPTH OVER IT IS NOT KNOWN. (BLAAVAND RADIO NAV WARN 009/87). NCA YET. NAV ONE ISSUED. H2867/85 30.6.87 POSN NOW GIVEN AS 561616N, 065721.5E [EUR]. LEAST DEPTH OVER WK IS ABOUT 25MTRS. (DANISH NM 648(P)/87). INS AS WK 13FMS.

- NM 2094/87. H2867/85 9.9.87 NOW REPORTED WITH LEAST DEPTH 25.8MTRS IN 561612N, 065728E [EUR]. (DANISH NM 1087/87). NCA. 10.1.90 AMEND TO WK 25.5 MTRS. NC 1404.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ORIGINAL MOULDED HT 10MTRS

Position: 56 16.227 N,6 57.278 E

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