This is the information page about the shipwreck Mefjord (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 27.714 N,5 12.25 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)

 

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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. Acadian
2. Alster (possibly)
3. Angele (possibly)
4. Anna sophie
5. Antoinette (probably)
6. Arthurtown
7. Bard (possibly)
8. Besse (probably)
9. Brava
10. Brisk (probably)
11. Camelot challenger (possibly)
12. Carasa (possibly)
13. Carl
14. Cristina
15. Dageid
16. Deputie gaston dumesnil (possibly)
17. Dumfries
18. Ezra weston (bow section)
19. Ezra weston (stern section)
20. Fanny lambert
21. Genevieve (possibly)
22. Germaine
23. Gleno
24. Hanover
25. Hemsley 1
26. Hera
27. Hmcs regina
28. Hms warwick
29. Hmy viva 2
30. Hugin
31. Humbergate (probably)
32. Hunsgrove
33. Island maid
34. John taylor
35. Kai (possibly)
36. Kynance (probably)
37. La suippe
38. Lake edon
39. Lake owens
40. Lia'g
41. Lombard (possibly)
42. Madeline
43. Madryn
44. Marcelle
45. Maria asumpta
46. Mefjord (possibly)
47. Mitera marigo
48. Nile
49. Norma (possibly)
50. Onega
51. Orfordness
52. Peer gynt (possibly)
53. Petersham
54. Portugal
55. Prestige
56. Primo ?
57. Princess royal
58. Quarnero
59. Queen (possibly)
60. Risoy (probably)
61. Rossmore (possibly)
62. Runswick
63. Saphir
64. Secil japan (bow section)
65. Secil japan (stern section)
66. Shanes castle
67. Shoreham (probably)
68. Siracusa
69. St chamond
70. St george (possibly)
71. St joseph
72. St stanislas
73. Stanwood
74. Sten (possibly)
75. Svint
76. Tagona
77. U 1021 (possibly)
78. U 325 (possibly)
79. U 400 (possibly)
80. Ub 65
81. Vesuvius
82. War baron (probably)
83. Warnow (possibly)
84. Zone (probably)

 

Name: MEFJORD (POSSIBLY)

Length 56.1 meter, width: 9.2 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 720 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1914 by akers. m.v., christiania. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 74 nhp, single shaft. passage newport for rouen. torpedoed by uc-64. (ll ww1 & sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 39 meter, Height above seabed: 94 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2010

Details measurements/cartography: 27.5.18 27.5.18 SUNK 8M NW OF TREVOSE HEAD. (A P FALMOUTH). 30.5.18 30.5.18 SANK IN 15MINS 7M WSW OF TREVOSE HEAD. (BOT, MASTER). GIVES POSN 502800N, 051100W APPROX. NCA. 30.5.18 30.5.18 TORPEDOED APPROX 15M WSW OF TREVOSE HEAD. (A P SWANSEA). 30.5.18 30.5.18 SHIP SEEN SUNK SUNK 6M N OF ST AGNES HD. PRESUMABLY MIFORD. (MASTER OF KATE). H4908/79 16.6.80 H4908/79 16.6.80 CORRECT NAME IS MEFJORD. (A C CROTHALL & WW1SL). 23.11.11 23.11.11 NOT LOCATED IN 5028.0N, 0511.0W [OGB] BY M/B. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). NCA. 23.11.11 23.11.11 LOCATED 24.3.11 IN 5027.714N, 0512.250W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 36.35 IN GEN DEPTH 39.1MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 40.0MTRS, WIDTH 17.2MTRS, HT 2.75MTRS. LIES 094/274 DEGS WITH BOWS W. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). ?WK IN THREE PARTS. POSSIBLY MEFJORD. INS AS WK 39MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ?IN THREE PARTS WITH BOWS W

Position: 50 27.714 N,5 12.25 W

 

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