This is the information page about the shipwreck Ofotfjord, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 55 N,7 30 E (57.981166666667, 7.4951666666667)

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: OFOTFJORD

Length 50.3 meter, width: 8.2 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 493 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid

Cause: grounded near torungen while on passage fredrikstad for bergen. cargo discharged into barges. later sank in deep water. owned at time of loss by henry korsnes. (ll).

Year of registration: 1977

Water depth above wreck: 350 meter

Known since: 1977, last detected: 1977

Details measurements/cartography: 25.5.77 GROUNDED NEAR TORUNGEN SANK LATER IN DEEPER WATER. (LL, 23.5.77) IN 350MTRS. NCA, POSN 575500N, 073000E. 3.11.77 DECLARED A TOTAL LOSS WILL NOT BE RAISED. (LL, 3.11.77)
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 57 55 N,7 30 E

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