This is the information page about the shipwreck Nordborg (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 37.555 N,1 55.503 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)
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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: NORDBORG (POSSIBLY)
Length 41.5 meter, width: 9.4 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 349 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: Built of wood in 1921 by i koefoed, faxe. owned at time of loss by e c hansen. a sv with auxillary screw. passage guernsey for the tyne. in ballast.
Year of registration: 1932
Water depth above wreck: 38 meter, Height above seabed: 130 cm
Known since: 1932, last detected: 2014
Details measurements/cartography: H7090/32 11.10.32 POSN 523342N, 015720E. (CG CROMER). H7090/32 16.10.32 THOUGH ORIGINALLY BUOYED, WRECK COULD NOT BE LOCATED BY THV ARGUS ON 4.10.32. PRESUMED TO HAVE HAD RESIDUAL BUOYANCY AND FLOATED AWAY. (TH, 13.10.32). CINC HOME FLEET REQUESTED TO USE UNITS OF HOME FLEET TO SEARCH AS CONSIDERED DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION. SEARCH UNSUCCESSFUL. NCA. 1951 NOT LOCATED. (HMS SCOTT 1951). H1942/80 3.9.82 LOCATED 26.2.82 IN 523701N, 015538E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 31.6 IN GEN DEPTH 35.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1MTR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 5.5MTRS, LENGTH 40.8MTRS, BEAM 8.7MTRS. LYING 120/300 DEGS. UPRIGHT, WITH BOWS SE. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 11). INS AS WK 30MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2014/000101130 31.12.14 EXAM'D 24.7.14 IN 5237.555N, 0155.503E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 31.58 IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. SCOUR 2.5MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 80MTRS TOWARDS 180 DEGS. LENGTH 45MTRS, WIDTH 8.5MTRS, HT 5.0MTRS. LIES 130/310 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1428). AMEND WK 31MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT & INTACT, BOWS SE
Position: 52 37.555 N,1 55.503 E