This is the information page about the shipwreck Nordfolk, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 70 40.01 N,23 37.92 E (70.666833333333, 23.632)
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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: NORDFOLK
Length 28.3 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 127 ton
Cause: sprang a leak and sank during fish loading in capelin fishing grounds, n of hammerfest. crew of 4 rescued. (ll).
Year of registration: 1980
Water depth above wreck: 83 meter
Known since: 1980
Details measurements/cartography: 4.6.81 VESSEL SANK N OF HAMMERFEST. NOT TO BE SALVED. (LLOYDS VOL.244). POSN 704000N, 233800E FOR FILING ONLY. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WOODEN HULL
Position: 70 40.01 N,23 37.92 E