This is the information page about the shipwreck Skoghaug, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 33.025 N,4 24.737 E (52.3857667, 4.3908667)
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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: SKOGHAUG
Length 84.1 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2100 ton
Cause: Built in 1930 by d/s a/s alf. owned at time of loss by s p austin & son. triple-expansion engine of 224nhp. probably mined, although divers' examination suggest cause may have been boiler explosion. one man recovered. (dods).
Year of registration: 1947
Water depth above wreck: 17 meter
Known since: 1947, last detected: 2022
Details measurements/cartography: H471/48 2.3.48 DW PA(MAST) REPD IN 523258N, 042458E. (NETH NM 115/48).
- NM 233/48. H471/48 29.10.48 LEGEND 'MAST' REMOVED. (NETH NM 3776/48). BR STD. H7725/49 29.3.50 SHOWN AS WK 12.5MTRS ON NETH CHART 227. AMEND WK 6.5FMS. BR STD. H4940/57 17.4.58 SHOWN AS WK 6FMS 3FT ON NC 1408. 27.10.61 POSN BY DECCA. (NETH WK RECORDS). H3199/74 3.6.74 SHOWN AS 15.1MTRS ON NETH SURVEY [K6927/1]. NCA YET. H4830/74 8.12.78 SW 14.6MTRS IN 523250N, 042452E [EUR]. (NETH NM 3561/78). AMENDED TO SW 8FMS. BR STD. 12.2.10 SHOWN AS SW 14.7MTRS IN 5233.028N, 0424.731E [WGD] ON BA 125 [EDN 1 DTD 2.8.07]. 3.11.11 SHOWN AS SW 14.6MTRS ON NETH 125 [EDN 2 DTD 17.11.11]. NE 125.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 52 33.025 N,4 24.737 E