This is the information page about the shipwreck N j fjord (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 43.74 N,0 17.051 W (55.729, -0.2841833)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: N J FJORD (POSSIBLY)
Length 79.3 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 4.1, tonnage 1425 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: Built in 1896 by lobnitz & co ltd, renfrew. owned at time of loss by det fornede dmsk, selsk. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 265nhp, single shaft. passage blyth for odense. captured by uc-31 and sunk by gunfire. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 69 meter, Height above seabed: 150 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 2008
Details measurements/cartography: H315/27 14.2.27 H315/27 14.2.27 AMEND TO NDWPA (1917) IN POSN 554300N 001800W ON 2182B. 1.3.71 1.3.71 AMEND TO NDWPA. NC 2182B. H1270/85 15.10.86 H1270/85 15.10.86 AMEND TO USCPA 48MTRS. (TONNAGE KNOWN). HH091/153/01 14.4.09 HH091/153/01 & SEP 2009/000029442 14.4.09 NOT LOCATED BY M/B. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1153). AMEND DEAD. BR STD. 20.6.09 SEP 2009/000047014 20.6.09 LOCATED IN 5543.7396N, 0017.0514W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 65.92MTRS. LENGTH 95MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS, HT 4MTRS. LIES 150/330 DEGS. (SDC BATHYMETRY EXAMINATION OF DIGITAL DATA FOR HI 1153). INS AS WK 65MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT
Position: 55 43.74 N,0 17.051 W