This is the information page about the shipwreck Rygja, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 40.692 N,10 41.195 E (57.8545, 10.6605)

 

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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.

 

1. Ane katrine
2. Birthe
3. C f jensen
4. Christian rump
5. Freja
6. Frigga
7. Ganler
8. Godalming (possibly)
9. Gratia
10. Gunhild
11. Hamm
12. Hammern
13. Heddernheim
14. Hering
15. Herkules
16. Ida
17. Ingomar
18. Janson
19. Kongshavn
20. Lacho
21. Lilly e
22. Lonny ogard
23. Nieman
24. Nordlyset
25. Oakland
26. Oranienborg
27. Ormen
28. Per (probably)
29. Polank
30. Rikkie-line
31. Rygja
32. Skogland
33. Sydfjord
34. Urania
35. Vaaurnus
36. Victoire

 

Name: RYGJA

Length 108.5 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 4001 ton

Cause: built in 1920 by j blumer & co. owned at time of loss by a/s ludwig morvinckels rederi. triple expansion engine of 348nhp. struck a mine while under german control. (dods).

Year of registration: 1943

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter

Known since: 1943, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H3998/42 19.5.43 INS DW IN 574045N, 104124E, WITH G FLAG CLOSE N. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 1040/43. H3998/42 8.8.45 INS G CON BUOY GP.FL(2)G CLOSE NE OF WK. (COPENHAGEN NM 1130, 1131/45).

- NM 2358/45. H3998/42 8.12.47 AMEND TO WK 10.6MTRS, DELETE BUOY. (COPENHAGEN NM 30/1602/47). AMEND WK 5.5FMS, DELETE BUOY.

- NM 3180/47. H3998/42 6.9.48 AMEND TO WK 12.8MTRS. (COPENHAGEN NM 21/989/48). AMEND WK 7FMS.

- NM 1982/48. H7756/52 25.7.68 AMEND TO WK 19.5MTRS. (COPENHAGEN NM 1027/68). AMEND WK 10.4FMS.

- NM 1355/68. 31.1.72 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK IS 19.4MTRS. (DANISH WK RECORDS NO 740041). 26.10.76 SHOWN AS WK 19.5MTRS ON GER 63(W) [1971]. 9.12.76 AMEND WK 19.0MTRS. NC 2114. 18.5.88 SHOWN ON DANISH 101 [1984]. SEP 2015/000123072 8.6.15 WK 20.4MTRS IN 5740.692N, 1041.195E [WGD]. (DANISH NM 22/314/15). AMEND TO DW 20.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 57 40.692 N,10 41.195 E

 

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