This is the information page about the shipwreck Norhaug, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 47 13.476 N,2 32.941 W (47.2497, -2.3546666666667)
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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: NORHAUG
Length 73.5 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1245 ton
Load: coal
Cause: vessel, built 1899 by frammes mek vaerksted, was torpedoed & sunk by a german submarine off ushant. owned at the time of loss by m h kongshavn. (dods). sank while on passage from swansea to blaye. (ll ww1).
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 20 meter, Height above seabed: 120 cm
Known since: 1918, last detected: 2019
Details measurements/cartography: H1644/18 25.3.18 SHOWN AS WK (1918) IN 471330N, 023248W ON FRENCH WK CHART. CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL] (1918) IN 471330N, 023248W.
- NM 93/18. H2966/22 18.5.22 AMEND TO DW (1918) IN 471300N, 023200W MARKED BY BUOY. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). SQ DATE. H2590/23 10.4.23 NOW WK, LEAST DEPTH 8MTRS [4.25FMS], IN 471335N, 023255W. (PARIS NM 13 603 23).
- NM 648/23. 19.11.85 SHOWN AS WK 8MTRS IN 471338N, 023249W [EUR] ON NC 2353. H4879/84 31.10.86 LEAST DEPTH NOW 16MTRS [8FMS 4FT]. (BREST NM 86 36 23).
- NM 3426/86. 6.6.88 POSN ACCURACY 20MTRS. GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987, NO.14572056). H4639/87 22.12.88 NOW WK, LEAST DEPTH 18.8MTRS [10FMS 1FT], IN 471333N, 023251W. (BREST NM 88 46 21). G/S. 23.3.90 SS 'NORHOG' LOCATED IN 471332.2N, 023251.4W [EUR] USING TRIDENT III. POSN ACCURACY 20MTRS. EXAM'D BY MAGNETOMETER & SONAR. LEAST DEPTH 18.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS BY E/S. LYING UPRIGHT ON SEABED OF SAND & ROCK. LENGTH 80MTRS, BEAM 16MTRS. LYING 120/300DEGS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1990, NO.14572056). 9.1.91 CHART AS WK 18.8MTRS IN 471332.2N, 023251.4W [EUR]. NE 3216. 25.3.96 SHOWN AS WK 18.5MTRS IN 471328N, 023248W ON FRENCH 7395 [1995 EDN]. BR STD. 14.5.14 [WGD] POSN: 4713.476N, 0232.941W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 47 13.476 N,2 32.941 W