This is the information page about the shipwreck Rolfsborg, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 8.254 N,2 52.014 W (56.429816666667, -2.6064)

 

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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.

 

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15. Lca 672 or lca 811
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27. Stella
28. Stjernvik
29. Strathisla
30. Switha
31. Uc 41

 

Name: ROLFSBORG

Length 84.4 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1825 ton
Load: coal

Cause: originally finnish registered and taken as a prize. built in 1915 by fredrikstad, norway. triple expansion engine. passage immingham for aahus. sank following a collision with ss empire swordsman whist at anchor in largo bay. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 45 meter, Height above seabed: 70 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 1993

Details measurements/cartography: H3651/45 2.8.45 LOCATED IN 560816N, 025215W. STANDS 40FT HIGH. AREA SWEPT CLEAR TO 60FT. NOT DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION. (C IN C ROSYTH, 16.7.45). INS AS NDW.

- NM 2303/45. H2618/60 28.7.60 LOCATED IN 560817N, 025155W. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15FMS IN GEN DEPTH 25FMS. (HMS SCOTT, 1959). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 30.7.68 AMEND TO WK 15FMS. BR STD. 31.8.73 AMEND TO WK 27MTRS. NC 734. H454/67 24.5.77 KNOWN LOCALLY AS 'ROCKY MILL'. (DUNBAR CG, HN 5.5.77). H1310/87/28 29.7.87 LOCATED IN 560813N, 025203W USING DECCA. APPARENTLY INTACT, LYING ON PORT SIDE, AND STANDS 12MTRS HIGH. (W MURNEY, 19.7.87). NCA YET. HH100/351/06 2.6.93 DIVED ON IN 560818N, 025201W [WGD] USING GPS. LIES INTACT, EXCEPT FOR COLLISION DAMAGE NEAR PORT QUARTER, WITH 45 DEG LIST TO PORT. STANDS 8MTRS HIGH. (G WADSWORTH, 1.3.93). NCA YET. HH090/605/01 26.1.94 EXAM'D 22.8.93 IN 560815.7N, 025155.7W [OGB] USING MICROFIX [3 LOPS]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 35.7 IN GEN DEPTH 44.6MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 9.0MTRS, LENGTH 90MTRS, BREADTH 15MTRS. WELL DEFINED WK LYING 070/250 DEG, ON ITS SIDE WITH NETS ATTACHED. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD., HI 605).

- NM 559/94.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, 45 DEGS LIST TO PORT, NETTED

Position: 56 8.254 N,2 52.014 W

 

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