This is the information page about the shipwreck Sarpfos, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 42.362 N,4 56.967 W (53.546566666667, -4.6729833333333)

 

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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: Sarpfos

Length 77.4 meter, width: 11.9 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1458 ton
Load: coal

Cause: believed to have been sunk after being attacked by aircraft and later by several ships. built 1910 by nylands vaerkstyed, christiana. owned at time of loss by akties, manchester. screw, triple-expansion engines, 152hp. passage swansea for odde. torpedoed and sunk by u-105. (sibi).positional analysis: the wreck lies 5.5nm to the se of the position given in war losses (1990) and in the ktb of u105. the wreck is known to havedrifted for over an hour after initially being hit (ktb). wind was from the nw, so the wreck would be expected to have drifted se.dimensional analysis: sarpfos was 77.54m x 11.93m (lloyd's register 1916-17). this is consistent with the dimensions ofthis wreck site.archival analysis: u105's ktb states the ship was hit twice, with a gap of 40 minutes between shots. it drifted for 60 minutes before sinking. themaster's account shows the ship was initially hit port side by engine room and the ship was abandoned. the crew escaped into an sv which made off. it was not seen to sink. cargo was coal (tna adm 137/1514).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 51 meter, Height above seabed: 80 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 20190514

Details measurements/cartography: H0109/45 9.4.45 LENGTH 180FT, BEAM 30FT. (WESTERN APPROACHES LIST, WAGO 524, 9.4.45). AUBD 319/217 & 319/216 8.4.45 SONAR CONTACT POSN 534200N, 045500W. (HMS RUNNYMEDE, C IN C WA). H4827/75 25.1.77 AREA WITHIN 1 MILE OF THIS 1945 SONAR CONTACT WAS SEARCHED. H4466/81 11.4.84 WK LOCATED & EXAM'D 11.11.83 IN 534221N, 045654W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 44 IN GEN DEPTH 51MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 8MTRS, LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS. INTACT, LYING 080/260 DEG. GOOD SONAR CONTACT. POSSIBLY A SUBMARINE. (HMS BEAGLE HI 95). BR STD. HH100/351/12 5.12.96 THOUGHT TO BE THE WRECK OF U 325. (S KERSHAW, LTR DTD 19.11.96). NCA. 19.5.00 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. ROUNDED SHAPE. COULD BE A SUBMARINE. (J SHAW, TELECON 19.5.00). NCA. HH100/351/22 21.2.06 RE-ASSESSED IN 2004. NOW BELEIVED TO BE U 242, AS U 325 LOCATED IN 5039.789N, 0505.068W [EUT] [SEE 60228]. (I MC CARTNEY VISIT 21.2.06) NCA. 1.3.23 WRECK SURVEYED 14/5/2019: MBES DATA SHOWS SS COASTER, LENGTH 75MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS, TWIN BOILERS AND A SINGLE ENGINE, BOWS EAST. POSITIONALLY, DIMENSIONALLY AND ARCHIVALLY THIS WRECK IS MOST LIKEL TO BE "SARPFOS". THE WK IS NOT A U-BOAT. (INNES MCCARTNEY BOOK "ECHOES FROM THE DEEP"). UPDATE "SARPFOS" AND ATTRIBUTES.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT

Position: 53 42.362 N,4 56.967 W

 

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