This is the information page about the shipwreck Nordvard (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 59 26.38 N,10 39.387 E (59.439666666667, 10.65645)

The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, 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: NORDVARD (PROBABLY)

Length 115 meter, width: 16.5 meter, draught: 6.9, tonnage 4111 ton

Cause: built 1925 by kockums mek. verstad with oil engines of 439nhp. owned at time of loss by german government, formerly norwegian but captured by a german raider. bombed by british aircraft at moss, norway, blew up and sank with loss of 116 lives. (dods)

Year of registration: 1971

Water depth above wreck: 37 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1971, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H811/52 9.11.71 NORWEGIAN MV NORDVARD SUNK IN MOSSESUNDET IN 592630N, 103940E IN 20-25FMS. (OSLO NM 1/48/52). 16.7.76 SHOWN AS WK 23MTRS WITH DANGER LINE EXTENDED N/S TO LENGTH 135MTRS IN 592625N, 103928E [EUR] ON NORWEGIAN 482. CHART AS WK 12FMS IN 592621N, 103955E. NE 3159. 5.4.79 NOW CHARTED AS DWP 23MTRS IN [EUR] POSN. NC 3717. 31.1.04 SHOWN AS NDW IN 5926.387N, 1039.387E [WGD] ON NORWEGIAN 3 [2001 EDN, 3RD SCALE ADOPTION]. NCA. 4.3.13 SHOWN AS DWP 22MTRS CENTRED ON 5926.379N, 1039.384E [WGD] ON NORWEGIAN 482 [2011 EDN]. SEP 2016/000181353 7.10.16 SHOWN AS NDW IN 5926.379N, 1039.384E [WGD] ON NORWEGIAN 3. [MAY '16 EDN]. AMEND TO NDW IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2016/000151138 6.11.16 SHOWN AS NDW "AREA" CENTRED ON 5926.380N, 1039.381E [WGD] ON NORWEGIAN 482. (COR TO 15.3.16). AMEND NDWP.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 59 26.38 N,10 39.387 E

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