This is the information page about the shipwreck Svinta, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 56.855 N,2 33.189 W (58.841266666667, -2.3266833333333)

 

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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. Calf sound
2. Cemfjord
3. Charisma
4. Cotovia (probably)
5. Daghestan (probably)
6. Elegance
7. England ?
8. Express (main section)
9. Express (portion of)
10. Eyfirdingur
11. Faro
12. Finland
13. Fredensborg
14. Giralda (possibly)
15. Hastings county
16. Hms albacore (bow section)
17. Hms duke of albany
18. Hms oceana
19. Hms zarefah
20. Hoshanger
21. Loch maddy (bow section) (probably)
22. Malta ii (probably)
23. Navena
24. Remus
25. St rognvald
26. Svinta
27. Swiftsure
28. Tamara xii (probably)
29. Tennessee
30. U 18 (probably)
31. U 53
32. Vestfoss
33. Vestvoss (possibly)

 

Name: SVINTA

Length 71 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 5, tonnage 1267 ton
Load: coal,coke

Cause: 20.3.40 one boiler, triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage prestn for oslo. abandoned after attack by aircraft on 20.3.40. taken in tow by a tug but was torpedoed & sunk by u 57 the next day. (ll ww2, ww2sl, axis submarine successes). built 1916 by nv scheepsbowwerf de noord, aablasserdam with 2 boilers. owned at time of loss by skibs a/s william hansen's rederi. (k heath)

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 61 meter, Height above seabed: 33 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H0276/39 13.4.41 SMALL NON-SUB CONTACT IN 585700N, 023330W ON 13.4.41. (NAVAL OFFICER IN CHARGE, KIRKWALL) NCA., 3.3.45 [NO DATE] ESCORT GROUP 17 REPD WK IN 585648N, 023318W. POSN ACCURATE. BETWEEN 3.3.45-1.4.45. (AUBD 315/2). HH091/137/01 29.3.07 EXAM'D 9.8.06 IN 5856.8553N, 0233.1886W [WGD] USING DPGS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 57.8 IN GEN DEPTH 61.7MTRS. SCOUR 3.9MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 6MTRS TOWARDS 033DEGS. LENGTH 72MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, HT 7.4MTRS. LIES 033/213DEGS WITH BOWS SW. UPRIGHT, INTACT. (NETSURVEY LTD, HI 1137). PROBABLY '3-ISLAND' VESSEL WITH HOLDS COLLAPSED AND CARGO SPREAD OUT. INS AS WK 57MTRS. BR STD. 18.5.07 CONSIDERED FROM SONAR DIMENSIONS THAT THIS IS PROBABLY THE SVINTA, AND AGREES WITH U 57 SINKING REPORT. (K HEATH, E- MAIL 23.4.07) NCA. 20.6.08 DIVED ON 19.6.08. CONFIRMED TO BE SVINTA. WK IS UPRIGHT, WITH 2 BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE. CARGO OF COAL SCATTERED ON SEABED. (K HEATH, TELECON 19.6.08) 6.11.08 BUILDER'S PLATE RECOVERED FROM WRECK, FURTHER CONFIRMATION THAT VESSEL IS THE SVINTA. (K HEATH, TELECON 6.11.08) NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ?3-ISLAND VESSEL, HOLDS COLLAPSED & CARGO SPREAD OUT

Position: 58 56.855 N,2 33.189 W

 

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