This is the information page about the shipwreck Svarton (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 52.034 N,1 51.447 W (57.721166666667, -1.986)

 

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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. Aurelia
2. Bassano
3. Be ready
4. Cairnmona
5. Cape york
6. Charuny
7. Craig-gowan
8. Crown arun
9. Elle
10. Empire fal
11. Eva
12. Fleetwood mac
13. Frank c
14. Hillfern (possibly)
15. Hms astronomer (possibly)
16. Hms sphinx (possibly)
17. Jacqueline
18. Jenny jensen (possibly)
19. Karinya fr699
20. Kenordoc
21. Kyno
22. Lady helen
23. Lloyd george
24. Lotos
25. Malmland
26. Norge
27. Ocean dawn
28. Ocean herald ii
29. Osmed
30. Port denison
31. Procyon
32. Remuera
33. Roulette worker
34. Sovereign
35. St fergus (possibly)
36. St fergus (possibly)
37. St malo
38. Svarton (probably)
39. Trsat (probably)
40. Zenith

 

Name: SVARTON (PROBABLY)

Length 90.2 meter, width: 13.7 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 2475 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: ex-cedargrove. built in 1906 by r thomson & sons ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by trafikatiebolaget gran, oxelosund. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 229hp, single shaft. passage narvic for the tees. cargo iron ore. torpedoed and sunk by u 58.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 94 meter, Height above seabed: 50 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2009

Details measurements/cartography: H8065/39 IN DEEP WATER. (C IN C ROSYTH). H1001/40 24.7.57 REPORTED IN 574800N, 014700W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). SANK 12M NE OF KINNAIRDS HEAD. (DODS). H8458/58 13.12.72 CHARTED AS NDWPA. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 1409. 10.6.74 NOW SHOWN AS USC 140MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 213 H2336/84 20.6.86 EXAM'D 1.3.86 IN 575203N, 015123W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 84 IN GEN DEPTH 94MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH SHADOW HT 12.3MTRS, OVERALL LENGTH 80.8MTRS. LYING 060/240DEG. ON EVEN KEEL WITH 3 HIGH POINTS. BROKEN IN TWO PARTS ABOUT 1/3 WAY FROM THE SW END. NUMEROUS PIECES OF DEBRIS ARE SCATTERED AROUND WK. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 246). AMEND TO WK 82MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH091/155/01 20.1.10 SEP 2010/000027978 EXAM'D 24.5.09 IN 5752.034N, 0151.477W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 85.19 IN GEN DEPTH 94.3MTRS. SCOUR 2.1MTRS EXTENDS 10MTRS TOWARDS 060 DEGS. LENGTH 75MTRS, WIDTH 31MTRS, HT 9.2MTRS. LIES 050/230 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. IN TWO PARTS, DEGRADED. (GARDLINE HYDRO, HI 1155). BROKEN AFT OF BOW, BOW SECTION POINTS 170 DEGS. DEBRIS AROUND WK. AMEND WK 85MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: STERN NE, BROKEN WITH BOWS S

Position: 57 52.034 N,1 51.447 W

 

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