This is the information page about the shipwreck Skodsburg (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 25.68 N,1 53.202 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: SKODSBURG (POSSIBLY)
Length 82.3 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 1697 ton
Load: natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products,grain,foodstuffs: solid
Cause: Torpedoed & sunk by german submarine whilst en route from new orleans to helsingborg. (ll ww1).
Year of registration: 1916
Water depth above wreck: 35 meter, Height above seabed: 119 cm
Known since: 1916, last detected: 20161213
Details measurements/cartography: H1787/16 21.3.16 SUNK IN 522600N, 015310E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL]. - FNM 151/16. 1923 AMENDED TO DW. NE 1543. H2615/28 28.4.28 NOT FOUND. (TH L3552/23). DELETE.
- NM. H5371/51 2.1.61 LUCAS WIRE DRIFT SWEPT SMLS 323 AND 325 28.6.51 IN 522540N, 015321E USING HSA. CLEAR AT 103FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 105FT IN GEN DEPTH 115FT. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 12FT. VERY SMALL WRECK. SWEPT BY SONAR. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 31.8.51). CHART AS WK 17FMS. BR STD. H6285/69 27.1.70 LOCATED IN 522539N, 015306E USING DECCA. FOUND DURING PIPE-TOWING SURVEY USING MAGNETOMETER, E/S AND SIDESCAN SONAR. NCA. 31.7.74 NOW CHARTED AS SW 31MTRS [LAT]. NC 1543. H1942/80 31.8.82 EXAM'D 25.2.82 IN 522539N, 015319E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 31.7 IN GEN DEPTH 34MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2MTRS. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 6.6MTRS [MAST], LENGTH 34.4M, BEAM 6.6MTRS. LYING 116/296DEGS, BOWS SE. UPRIGHT WITH BOW & STERN IN SAND. MAST STILL IN PLACE. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 11). AMEND TO WK 27MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
- NM 2874/82. SEP 2016/000091758 24.7.17 EXAM'D 13.12.16 IN 5225.680N, 0153.202E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 33.01MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS, LENGTH 29.4MTRS, WIDTH 6.8MTRS, HEIGHT 1.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 119/299 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 250MTRS, 3.8MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 002 DEGS. WRECK IS INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 1494). AMEND NDW 33MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 52 25.68 N,1 53.202 E