This is the information page about the shipwreck Rfa boardale, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 68 42 N,14 20.9 E (68.7, 14.348333333333)

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: RFA BOARDALE

Length 146.6 meter, width: 18.9 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 8406 ton

Cause: built in 1937 by harland & wolff, with diesel engines of 4000bhp. ran ashore near narvik during the norwegian campaign. later the vessel was swept from the rocks and sank. (dods).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 60 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1981

Details measurements/cartography: VESSEL SUNK IN 684200N, 142100E APPROX. (NL 5656/40). NCA. H4043/80 31.3.81 REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN LOCATED IN 60-80MTRS DEPTH, OFF VESTERAASEN ISLANDS, BY NORWEGIAN AMATEUR DIVERS. WRECK DESCRIBED AS BROKEN IN TWO AND IN ADVANCED STATE OF DECAY. REQUEST MADE TO REMOVE SOUVENIRS. (BRITISH MILITARY ATTACHE, OSLO, SIGNAL DTD 26.3.81). FOR FILING ONLY. 21.11.94 NOT SHOWN ON NORWEGIAN 76 [1994 EDN, 1:50000]. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PARTS, WELL DECAYED

Position: 68 42 N,14 20.9 E

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