This is the information page about the shipwreck Norge, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 36.5 N,13 37.5 W (57.608333333333, -13.625)

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: NORGE

Length 102.7 meter, width: 12.5 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 3318 ton
Load: personnel

Cause: ex-pieter de coninck. renamed norge in 1889. built of iron in 1881 by a stephen & co, glasgow. owned at time of loss by det forenede d/s (scandinavian american line). compound inverted engine of 346hp for 11.5 knots. passage copenhagen for new york with 700 emigrants and crew of about 80. ran aground on rocks at rockall. vessel was badly holed & sank soon after with great loss of life, only 129 being saved. (dods) of 759 people on board, mostly scandinavian and russian-jewish emigrants, 635 were lost. vessel which was licensed to carry 800 only had lifeboats for 251. (diver magazine jun '04) book review "the s/s norge disaster of 1904" by per kristian sebak with description of loss. (nautical magazine jun '04)

Year of registration: 1904

Water depth above wreck: 48 meter

Known since: 1904, last detected: 2004

Details measurements/cartography: SANK RAPIDLY AFTER GROUNDING ON ROCKS AT ROCKALL. (DODS). NCA, POSN 573600N, 133900W FOR FILING ONLY. 30.6.04 30.6.04 EXPEDITION PLANNED TO CO-INCIDE WITH 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF SINKING, HEADED BY KEVIN HEATH, WHO DIVED WK IN 2003. LOCATED ON THE N SIDE OF HELEN'S REEF IN GEN DEPTH 48MTRS, WELL BROKEN. (DIVER MAGAZINE JUN '04). NCA, POSN FOR FILING AMENDED TO 5736.500N, 1337.500W [OGB].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 57 36.5 N,13 37.5 W

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