This is the information page about the shipwreck Norholmen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 57.208 N,3 19.66 W (58.844716666667, -3.1926833333333)
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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: NORHOLMEN
Length 35.7 meter, width: 5.8 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 141 ton
Cause: grounded on kirk rocks, but storm drove her ashore later.
Year of registration: 1966
Water depth above wreck: 0 meter
Known since: 1966, last detected: 2020
Details measurements/cartography: H3145/59 27.3.69 INS AS ST IN 585716N, 031934W. BR STD. H1287/75 16.10.75 NORWEGIAN TRAWLER REPD IN 585714N, 031934W. LIES ABOVE HIGH WATER MARK & THEREFORE VERY CONSPICUOUS. APPROX 500TONS GROSS. (C P O DUNFORD, RAF LINCOLN, LTR DTD 16.8.75). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 18.6.92 BROKEN UP FOR SCRAP, JUST A FEW TWISTED PLATES REMAINING. (SHIPWRECKS OF ORKNEY, SHETLAND & PENTLAND FIRTH [PUB. 1988]. 3.4.97 AMENDED TO FOUL. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: ONLY A FEW PLATES REMAIN
Position: 58 57.208 N,3 19.66 W