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 54 0.41 N,8 4.76 E (53.9094833, 8.0987167)
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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
Cause: 29.4.43 built 1914 by j. l. thompson & sons with triple expansion engines of 509nhp. owned at time of loss by trafik a/b grangesberg-oxelosund. bombed and sunk by british aircraft near the frisian islands 29.4.43. (dods).
Year of registration: 1944
Water depth above wreck: 22 meter
Known since: 1953, last detected: 2019
Details measurements/cartography: H03102/44 22.8.44 DW SHOWN IN 540018N, 080512E, MARKED BY G LT BUOY, N TOPMARK CLOSE N & G LT BUOY CLOSE S ON CAPTURED GERMAN 26 [1942 EDN. (US NAVAL DOCUMENT 102-W) - FNM 1782/44. H2882/46 13.6.46 WK, LEAST DEPTH 13MTRS [7FMS]. (HAMBURG NM 12/281/46)
- NM 2035/46 H3292/51 4.6.53 WK, LEAST DEPTH 15MTRS [8FMS 1FT], SHOWN IN 540026N, 080442E ON GERMAN 750. NC 1875. H4522/50 21.11.68 NOW SWEPT CLEAR AT 19.1MTRS [10FMS 2FT] IN 540026N, 080454E. (HAMBURG NM 4414/68).
- NM 2041/68. 27.3.72 SHOWN AS GOOD SONAR CONTACT ON GERMAN WK CHART 49 [1971 EDN]. HH328/354/01 15.6.89 POSN NOW 540027N, 080450E. (HAMBURG NM (21)3/21/89). NCA. HH328/350/01 10.7.90 POSN GIVEN AS 540018N, 080454E. (NETHERLANDS NM 290/90). NCA. HH328/540/03 25.10.96 NOW WK SW 18.3 IN 540030N, 080448E. (GERMAN NM 41/(21)50/96).
- NM 3861/96. SEP2006/000364556 2.6.06 NOW WK SW 17.8MTRS IN 5400.41N, 0804.76E [WGD]. (GERMAN NM 20/103/06).
- NM 3167/06. 16.1.12 SHOWN AS SW 17.4MTRS [LAT] ON GERMAN 103 [EDN DTD 9.2011]. NE 3767. 19.6.15 SHOWN AS SW 17.4MTRS IN 5400.410N, 0804.760E [WGD] ON GERMAN 103. (EDN 9, DTD 27/3/15). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 54 0.41 N,8 4.76 E