This is the information page about the shipwreck Normannvik, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 12.793 N,5 43.205 W (57.977983333333, -5.4512166666667)
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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: NORMANNVIK
Length 56.1 meter, width: 9.4 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 499 ton
Load: stone
Cause: cargo shifted in heavy sea causing the vessel to capsize. crew rescued by fv. later sank. passage norway for runcor, cargo felspar.
Year of registration: 1970
Water depth above wreck: 86 meter, Height above seabed: 115 cm
Known since: 1970, last detected: 1983
Details measurements/cartography: H2728/69 3.2.70 INS AS NDWPA. NE 2720. POSN NOT NOTED. 17.10.72 AMEND TO USCPA 30FMS. NE 1794. 28.1.77 AMEND TO USCPA 55MTRS. NC 1794. H3156/69 29.8.78 LOCATED 10.7.78 IN 581249.1N, 054310.9W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 69 IN GEN DEPTH 83MTRS. PROBABLY ALIGNED 085/265 DEG. (DECCA SURVEY LTD, LTR DTD 8.8.78 & HN). BR STD. H2883/83 9.8.84 EXAM'D 7.9.83 IN 581249N, 054308W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 75.7 IN GEN DEPTH 86MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.25MTRS. MAST CAN BE SEEN ON SONAR TRACE WITH HT 11MTRS. LENGTH 52MTRS, LYING WNW/ESE. (LAND & MARINE, HI 159). AMEND TO WK 75MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, MAST STANDING
Position: 58 12.793 N,5 43.205 W