This is the information page about the shipwreck Rutenfjell, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 47 20.09 N,3 1.247 W (47.516666666667, -21.283333333333)

 

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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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Name: RUTENFJELL

Length 86 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 1844 ton
Load: coal

Cause: vessel, built 1875 by palmers co, struck a mine & sank in bay of biscay. owned at the time of loss by olsen & ugelstad. (dods). mined while anchoring near belle ile. on passage from the tyne to chantenay. (scandinavian ww1 losses, d cox).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 20 meter

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H7343/17 28.12.17 WK IN 472045N, 030100W. (FRENCH AMC). - FNM 14/18. H3732/18 9.7.18 NOW IN 472012N, 030100W MARKED BY BUOY. (FRENCH NM 1/19). - FNM 466/18. H2966/22 18.5.22 NOW CHARTED AS WK (1917) IN 472010N, 030110W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). SQ DATE. H2590/23 10.4.23 WL, LEAST DEPTH 7MTRS [3.75FMS], IN 472010N, 030116W. (PARIS NM 13/603).

- NM 648/23. H8707/29 1.1.30 NOW MARKED BY G CON BUOY. (PARIS NM 39/1767). SQ DATE. H7047/31 9.10.31 BUOY REMOVED. (PARIS NM 1767/31).

- NM 1917/31. H5240/32 23.7.32 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 12MTRS [6FMS 3FT]. (PARIS NM 28/1459).

- NM 1241/32. 18.11.85 WK 12MTRS IN 472010.8N, 030121.6W. NO NAME GIVEN. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1984). NC 2353. 6.9.88 SS 'RUTENFELL' IN 472011N, 030121.5W [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 100MTRS. GEN DEPTH 18MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987, NO.14573155). H4639/87 23.12.88 LEAST DEPTH 18.7MTRS BY E/S. (BREST NM 88 46 21).

- NM 241/89. H4168/88 POSN NOW 472009N, 030110W. (BREST NM 88 48 23). G/S. 23.3.90 NORWEGIAN SS 'RUTENF-JEL' LOCATED IN 472013.8N, 030109.8W [EUR] USING TRIDENT III. POSN ACCURACY 20MTRS. EXAM'D BY DCS3. LEAST DEPTH 18.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS BY E/S. SEABED: FINE SAND. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1990, NO.14573155). HH353/351/01 1.7.91 SHOWN AS WK 18.5MTRS ON FRENCH 7142 & FRENCH 7033 [1991 EDN]. G/S. 15.12.03 SHOWN IN 4720.090N, 0301.247W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7143 [2002 EDN, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 2835.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 47 20.09 N,3 1.247 W

 

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