This is the information page about the shipwreck Sydfold (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 41.627 N,0 33.933 W (58.657666666667, -0.335)
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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: SYDFOLD (POSSIBLY)
Length 87.5 meter, width: 13.7 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 2434 ton
Cause: built in 1918 by jsmit, jr. triple expansion engine of 300 nhp. passage christiansand for tyne. torpedoed and sunk by u-boat. five crew lost. (dods).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 130 meter
Known since: 1940, last detected: 1977
Details measurements/cartography: 12.6.40 SANK IN 584000N, 003000E APPROX. (NORWEGIAN WW2 REGISTER OF LOSSES). H1819/40 21.8.40 SANK OFF SCOTLAND. H1290/77 26.1.77 WRECKAGE IN 584140N, 003350W. - FNM ACTION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 58 41.627 N,0 33.933 W