This is the information page about the shipwreck Raunefjord, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 62 9.97 N,5 4.4 E (62.1495, 5.065)
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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: RAUNEFJORD
Length 38.1 meter, width: 7.3 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 199 ton
Cause: repd missing. later found by sonar. cause of sinking was damage to bow and two broken hatches. (lloyds vol.253, p 228).
Year of registration: 1983
Water depth above wreck: 40 meter
Known since: 1983, last detected: 2021
Details measurements/cartography: SANK IN 40MTRS CLOSE TO ROCKS OFF STADT. LOCATED BY SONAR AND U/W CAMERA. (LLOYDS VOL.253, P.228). H3692/88 7.9.88 THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN STRUCK BY LARGE WAVES. (NORWEGIAN NM 1127/88). APPROX POSN 621000N, 050430E [FROM REDUCTION OF NORWEGIAN 29 WHICH ACCOMPANIED NORWEGIAN NM]. NCA YET NOT A CHART CORRECTING NM, INFORMATION TOO VAGUE TO CHART.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 62 9.97 N,5 4.4 E