This is the information page about the shipwreck Nornen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 16.29 N,3 1.41 W (51.36625, -3.26885)

 

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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.

 

1. Aeolus (probably)
2. Borderdene
3. Casper 2
4. Den of seaton
5. Devonia
6. Durdham
7. Eden force
8. Elmdale
9. Emily
10. Fernwood
11. Fleur de lys
12. Foremost 45
13. G-aydt
14. Hms oswaldian
15. Hms royal scot
16. Hongisto
17. Island queen
18. Jamaica planter
19. James & sarah (probably)
20. Kayeson
21. Lady non (possibly)
22. Maclaren
23. Margaretha (possibly)
24. Mercia
25. Merkur
26. Mfb golden dawn
27. Middlesex
28. Mildrid
29. Mistress quigley
30. Nornen
31. Princess louise (probably)
32. R m hunton
33. Redvers buller
34. Sea king (possibly)
35. Sea prince (part of)(probably)
36. Severn transport
37. Sigvar
38. Staghound (or fernwood)
39. Stormcock
40. Tean
41. Teifi (possibly)
42. Thomond (possibly)
43. Trio
44. Wild rose
45. Wythburn
46. Zelo

 

Name: NORNEN

Year of registration: 1963

Water depth above wreck: -6 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1963, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H987/62 8.5.63 POSN 511616N, 030117W OR 309DEGS, 4.5C FROM HAZELDENE CHURCH. STRANDED WRECK DRIES 32FT. (HMS SHACKLETON, 9.11.62). INS ST (DRIES 32FT). BR STD. 4.8.69 REPORTED THAT ONLY ROTTEN & BROKEN RIBS OF AN OLD SHIP LEFT. (LT MARSHALL RN, 3.8.69). 26.10.72 IDENTIFIED AS NORWEGIAN VESSEL 'NORNEN', 700 GROSS TONS, FOUNDERED 3.3.1897. THE FIGUREHEAD CAN BE SEEN IN THE GARDEN OF 'FIGUREHEAD COTTAGE' IN BERROW VILLAGE. (MOTOR BOAT & YACHTING MAGAZINE, 9.6.72). 25.11.92 SHOWN AS STF, IN 511613N, 030124W. LYING NE/SW, ON AERIAL PHOTGRAPHY DTD APR '90. RETAIN AS ST DRIES 10MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 13.3.08 PANORAMIC IMAGES OF REMAINS OF WRECK, KEEL & RIBS, AVAILABLE ON WWW.BURNHAM-ON-SEA/BERROW-WRECK. SEP 2009/000005612 22.1.09 WK BUOYS BEING REDUCED FROM 6 UNLIT BUOYS TO 2 UNLIT BUOYS. (PORT OF BRIDGEWATER NM 3/09). NO PREVIOUS INFO ON BUOYAGE. INS LEGEND: 'BUOYED'. BR STD. SEP 2009/000159348 10.11.09 BRIDGEWATER NM 3/09 REPEATED. (PORT OF BRIDGWATER NM 9/09). NCA. SEP 2010/000024108 11.2.10 BRIDGEWATER NM 9/09 REPEATED. (PORT OF BRIDGWATER NM 1/10). NCA. SEP 2014/000150874 6.10.15 WK, NORNEN, IN 5116.29N, 0301.41W [WGD]. NOW MARKED BY SINGLE UNLIT YELLOW BUOY ON THE EASTERN END OF THE WRECK. (PORT OF BRIDGWATER NM 8/14). MOVE TO REVISED POSN. SEP 2021/000360476 31.12.21 WK NO LONGER BUOYED. BUOY HAS BEEN REMOVED. (PORT OF BRIDGWATER NM 25/21).DELETE LEGEND: 'BUOYED'.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: KEEL & RIBS REMAIN.

Position: 51 16.29 N,3 1.41 W

 

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