This is the information page about the shipwreck Narvik, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 35.273 N,6 20.287 E (53.5606667, 6.5186833)
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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: NARVIK
Length 117.3 meter, width: 16.5 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 4251 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Built 1914 by j l thompson & sons with triple expansion engines of 509nhp. owned at time of loss by travik a/b grangesberg-oxelosund. on passage rotterdam for gefle. bombed & sunk by british aircraft near frisian islands. (dods, ll ww2, ww2sl).
Year of registration: 1949
Water depth above wreck: 11 meter
Known since: 1949, last detected: 2021
Details measurements/cartography: H1186/49 18.2.49 WK 9.1MTRS [5FMS] IN 533522N, 062020E. (HAMBURG NM 138/49) NE 3509. H1186/49 5.8.52 LEAST DEPTH NOW 9.6MTRS [5FMS 2FT]. (HAMBURG NM 2202/52) NE 3509. 14.6.60 NOW CHARTED AS SW 5FMS 2FT. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) NE 3509. H2140/57 24.8.64 NOW SWEPT CLEAR AT 10.3MTRS [5FMS 4FT]. (HAGUE NM 2376/64) BR STD. 16.3.72 SHOWN AS GOOD SONAR CONTACT ON GERMAN 87 [1971 EDN]. H2128/70 6.2.75 NOW SWEPT CLEAR AT 9.7MTRS [5FMS 2FT]. (HAMBURG NM 4521/74).
- NM 350/75. H2356/76 29.3.76 SHOWN AS SW 9.5MTRS ON MICROFILMED DATA DTD 20.1.76. 11.8.82 SHOWN AS SW 9.8MTRS IN 533519N, 062022E ON GERMAN 90 [1981 EDN]. NC 3509. 12.1.87 SHOWN AS SW 9.5MTRS ON NETHERLANDS 1460 [1984 EDN] & GERMAN 90D [1986 EDN]. NE 3671. 17.5.88 GERMAN DATUM IS MLS, WHICH IS 3DECIMETRES GREATER THAN NETHERLANDS LAT DATUM. CHART AS SW 9.8MTRS. BR STD. H4146/82 29.7.88 NOW SWEPT CLEAR AT 10.3MTRS [MLS] IN 533520N, 062022E. (HAMBURG NM (21)90/27/88). BR STD. 15.5.89 SHOWN AS WK 9.8MTRS ON NETHERLANDS 1812.8 [1989 EDN]. NCA. HH340/350/01 3.6.91 SHOWN AS NDW ON NETHERLANDS 1812.8 [1991 EDN]. NCA. STATED TO BE NARVIK, SWEPT CLEAR AT 10MTRS [LAT], IN 533519N, 062022E [EUR]. (NETHERLANDS WK RECORDS, SEP '90 EDN, NO.N8 464]. CHART AS WK SW 10MTRS AS FALLS IN NETHERLANDS WATERS. 22.2.94 SW 10MTRS SHOWN ON NETHERLANDS 1460 [1993 EDN]. NCA. 26.11.02 SW 10.3MTRS SHOWN IN 5335.277N, 0620.287E [WGD] ON NETHERLANDS 1460 [INT 1461] [JUN '02 EDN 1:50,000, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NC 3631. 13.3.08 SHOWN AS WK SW 9.9MTRS [LAT] IN 5335.273N, 0620.287E [WGD] ON GERMAN 90 [INT 1461] [FEB '07 EDN, ADOPTION]. NE 3631.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 53 35.273 N,6 20.287 E