This is the information page about the shipwreck Stjernvik, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 7.512 N,2 49.181 W (56.429816666667, -2.6064)

 

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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: STJERNVIK

Length 73.2 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 1174 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: ex-louise, ex-balbul. built in 1883 by the barrow sb co ltd, barrow-in-furness. owned at time of loss by norrkopings rederiaktieb. swedish flag. two boilers, compound expansion engine of 171hp single shaft. machinery by westray, copland & co, barrow-in-furness. passage ridham dock for burntisland. in ballast. sank following collision in fog with ss british ambassador. crew recovered.

Year of registration: 1928

Water depth above wreck: 47 meter, Height above seabed: 105 cm

Known since: 1935, last detected: 2001

Details measurements/cartography: H2359/28 16.4.28 SANK OFF FIDRA, FIRTH OF FORTH, IN PA 560745N, 024100W. NORTHER LT HO BOARD DO NOT INTEND TO ATTEMPT TO LOCATE WK. H4006/35 13.8.35 WK, LEAST DEPTH 13FMS, LOCATED 339 DEG, 3.41M FROM FIDRA LTHO (560732N, 024906W). GEN DEPTH 26FMS. WHEN SWEEP WIRE FOULED, THE CARRIER AND BRACKET OF A SHIP'S STEAMING LIGHT WAS RECOVERED. (HMS FITZROY, 15.6.35). INS AS WK 13FMS.

- NM 1399/35. H2618/60 29.7.60 OROPESA CLEARANCE SWEEP CLEAR AT 75FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 120 IN GEN DEPTH 154FT. NO SCOUR. POSN 560731N, 024904W. (HMS SCOTT, 7.9.59). AMEND TO WK 20FMS. NC 114A. 22.8.77 AMEND TO WK 36MFS. NC 734. HH090/605/01 25.1.94 EXAM'D 22.8.93 IN 560731.2N, 024905.6W [OGB] USING MICROFIX [3 LOPS]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 36.5, FOUL AT 37.OMTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 37.6 IN GEN DEPTH 46.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 8.0MTRS. LENGTH 70MTRS, BREADTH 23MTRS. WELL DEFINED, INTACT WK LYING 105/285 DEG. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD, HI 605). DCS 3 SHOWS '3 ISLAND' VESSEL WITH AT LEAST 3 HATCHES. BR STD. HH100/351/17 16.10.01 DIVED IN 5607.520N, 0249.172W [WGD] USING DGPS. DEPTHS BY DEPTH GAUGE (REDUCED TO DATUM): GEN DEPTH 46.6MTRS, CENTRE BRIDGE 39.3MTRS, DECK 42.7MTRS. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. TWO HOLDS FWD OF THE BRIDGE AND TWO AFT. FOC'S'LE HAS PARTIALLY COLLAPSED ALLOWING NETS TO PENETRATE AT THIS DECK LEVEL FROM THE STBD SIDE. TOP LEVEL OF THE BRIDGE IS PARTIALLY COLLAPSED. WINCHING GEAR IS IN PLACE BETWEEN HOLDS 1 AND 2. COLLISION DAMAGE IS OBVIOUS ON THE STBD SIDE BETWEEN HOLDS 3 AND 4. IDENTIFIED BY THE BELL WHICH IS MARKED: 'LOUISE, MALMO'. IN ADDITION THE COMPASS BINNACLE CARRIES A MAKER'S MARK FOR STOCKHOLM. (C HUNTER & S MAXWELL, EMAIL DTD 15.10.01). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, '3 ISLAND' TYPE WITH 4 HATCHES

Position: 56 7.512 N,2 49.181 W

 

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