This is the information page about the shipwreck Polarfangst, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 70 0 N,15 0 W (70, -15)

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: POLARFANGST

Length 34.1 meter, width: 7.3 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 204 ton

Cause: sprang a leak and sank 180m n of iceland. (ll).

Year of registration: 1980

Water depth above wreck: 600 meter

Known since: 1980

Details measurements/cartography: 24.4.80 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 180M N OF ICELAND. (LL, 24.4.80). FILING POSN 700000N, 150000W. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WOODEN HULL

Position: 70 0 N,15 0 W

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