This is the information page about the shipwreck Theodore a s (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 33.348 N,3 22.3 E (56.2794333, 3.1624)
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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: THEODORE A S (POSSIBLY)
Length 167 meter, width: 21.3 meter, draught: 12.2, tonnage 13884 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore
Cause: 5.11.73 built in 1958 by a g weser, bremen. owned at time of loss by unimar shipping. passage narvik for gijon. last report to norddeich radio stn at 2100hrs [gmt], & last possible siting at 0900hrs [gmt] on 5.11.73 by liberian ss sea navigator. air & sea search found no trace of vessel, but lifebuoy was washed ashore on 15.11.73 on w coast of denmark, & forepart of lifeboat recovered near hvinde on 23.11.73. (msd).
Year of registration: 1973
Water depth above wreck: 70 meter
Known since: 1973, last detected: 2016
Details measurements/cartography: H4257/74 20.2.76 WK LOCATED IN 563330N, 032242E. LENGTH 80-120MTRS, HEIGHT 26MTRS. (DAFS-OIL DEVELOPMENTS, LTR DTD 13.2.76). DUE TO EXTENSIVE SURVEYS HAVING BEEN CARRIED OUT BY OIL COMPANIES SINCE 1966, RECENT WK, PRESUMED TO BE 'THEODORE A S' WHICH WAS REPD MISSING IN THIS LOCALITY. INS AS USC 40MTRS.
- NM 550/76. H4242/75 3.3.76 WK POSN CONFIRMED IN 563330N, 032242E, NO POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION MADE. THOUGHT TO BE 'THEODORE A S'. (STAVANGER RESCUE CENTRE, LTR DTD 29.1.76). H4502/75 2.2.76 POSN REPEATED IN NORWEGIAN NM 1220/75. NCA. SEP 2013/000016354 8.3.13 SHOWN AS WK USC 61MTRS IN 5633.656N, 0322.761E [WGD] ON NO2A0404 [EDN 2.0].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 56 33.348 N,3 22.3 E