This is the information page about the shipwreck Margrethe bojen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 29.218 N,3 16.343 E (56.2794333, 3.1624)

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: MARGRETHE BOJEN

Length 19.8 meter, tonnage 49 ton

Cause: Capsized suddenly whilst engaged in pair trawling with sister ship 'frances bojen' in rough seas & 45 knot se'ly wind. (ll).

Year of registration: 1979

Water depth above wreck: 71 meter

Known since: 1979, last detected: 2016

Details measurements/cartography: H3227/78 9.10.79 CAPSIZED 5.5M SSE OF EKOFISK COMPLEX. (M RESEARCH VESSEL AQUA STAR & LL 6.10.79). POSN 5.5M SE OF EKOFISK COMPLEX. (MRCC ABERDEEN). CHART AS WK USC PA 50MTRS IN 562900N, 031930E. NE 272. H3227/78 19.11.79 LOCATED BY MV SEAWAYS FALCON. LYING 151.5DEG, 4.2M FROM EKOFISK CENTRE 'C', OR 562912.7N, 031630.6E [EUR]. POSN BY PULSE/8. LYING ALMOST UPRIGHT, WITH 20DEG LIST. ANCHOR CABLE & FISHING GEAR STRETCHING AWAY FROM WK. (C JENKINS, SEAWAYS DIVING, TELECON 15.11.79). AMEND WK USC 50MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 2844/79. SEP 2013/000016354 8.3.13 SHOWN AS WK USC 71MTRS IN 5629.168N, 0316.718E [WGD] ON NO2A0404 [EDN 2.0]. SEP 2016/000072600 11.4.16 WK USCPA 50MTRS SHOWN IN 5629.090N, 0316.296E [WGD]. DENMARK 93[ED 8 CORR TO 26/02/16].AMEND NDW USCPA 50MTRS TO REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LYING WITH 20DEG LIST, CABLE & FISHING GEAR ATTACHED

Position: 56 29.218 N,3 16.343 E

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