This is the information page about the shipwreck Ragnhild (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 13.815 N,1 19.007 W (54.93705, -1.1630333333333)
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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: RAGNHILD (POSSIBLY)
Length 69.8 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1107 ton
Load: coke,oil
Cause: built in 1909 by bergens mv, bergen. owned at time of loss by n h hartmary & co. one boiler, triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage the tyne for skien. sank after detonating a german laid mine. norwegian sources suggest she was torpedoed by uc-19. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 52 meter, Height above seabed: 151 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 1999
Details measurements/cartography: PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT TO BE BANGARTH. SEE [4336]. SANK 14 MILES N OF BLYTH AND 5 MILES OFF SHORE. (LLOYDS WAR LOSSES). H4214/26 1.7.26 SANK IN 551600N, 012200W, APPROX. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). INS AS NDWPA (1917). BR STD. H460/67 3.4.67 EXAM'D IN 551344N, 011914W USING DECCA. SWEPT CLEAR 83FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 138FT IN GEN DEPTH 156FT. SCOUR DEPTH 142FT. SEABED OF MUD AND SAND. (HMS ECHO, ROS DTD 22.9.66). AMEND TO WK 32FMS. BR STD. 14.5.73 AMEND TO SW 14FMS. NE 1192 14.3.74 AMEND TO SW 25.2MTRS. NC 156. H1270/85 14.10.86 CLEARANCE SWEEP ONLY. ACCEPT LEAST ECHO SOUNDER DEPTH OBTAINED BY HMS ECHO. AMEND TO WK 42MTRS. BR STD. HH090/843/01 10.1.00 EXAM'D 9.7.99 IN 5513.815N, 0119.007W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 46.7 IN GEN DEPTH 52MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 54MTRS, WIDTH 16MTRS. LIES 151/331 DEGS. NO DEBRIS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WELL BROKEN UP. (GARDLINE, HI 843). AMEND TO WK 46MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP
Position: 55 13.815 N,1 19.007 W