This is the information page about the shipwreck Thoralf (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 56.592 N,6 14.47 W (52.192216666667, -6.1479666666667)

 

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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. Atxeri mendi
2. Avance
3. Baron ailsa (possibly)
4. Brika (possibly)
5. Caomhuala
6. Centurion (possibly)
7. Ceres
8. Copeland (possibly)
9. Daru (possibly)
10. Earl
11. Empress
12. Grainville
13. Halronell
14. Hildefjord
15. Langsdale (possibly)
16. Manchester market
17. Notre dame du sacre coeur
18. Pilar de larrinaga (possibly)
19. Providence
20. Rask (possibly)
21. Renegade
22. San conrado (possibly)
23. St672
24. Thoralf (possibly)
25. Tripoli
26. U 104
27. Uc 33
28. Vandalia (possibly)
29. Wheatflower (possibly)
30. Ydun

 

Name: THORALF (POSSIBLY)

Length 75.3 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 586 ton
Load: wood: unprocessed and products

Cause: captured by german submarine ub 65 and scuttled. was en route jamaica to england.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 79 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: 18.5.18 POSN 20M SE CONIBEG LTV. (IDSA, MASTER, M24015, M24640). INS AS OBSOLETE WK SYMBOL IN PA 515700N, 061400W. 28.6.23 AMEND TO NDWPA. 21.11.72 AMEND TO USCPA 30FMS. NE 1410. 6.12.77 AMEND TO USCPA 70MTRS. NC 2049. H4852/75 28.6.79 LOCATED 15.9.78 IN 515629N, 061428W [OGB] USING DCS3 ONLY. GOOD CONTACT OBTAINED OF A LONG WK (ABOUT 60MTRS), WHICH APPEARS TO BE LYING N/S AND TO BE WELL BURIED AND COVERED. NO DCS3 SHADOW. GEN DEPTH IN AREA 81MTRS. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 51/78). AMEND TO USC 70MTRS. H4467/81 26.10.82 EXAM'D 31.5.82 IN 515634N, 061424W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 74 IN GEN DEPTH 79MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH-VERTICAL HT 5.5MTRS, LENGTH 40MTRS, BEAM 5MTRS. LYING PARTIALLY BURIED, ACROSS LINE OF SANDWAVES, ORIENTATED 058/238 DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 70B). AMEND TO WK 73MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP2018/000274610 13.11.18 EXAM'D 9.6.18 IN 5156.5918N, 0614.4697W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 75.46MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 79MTRS, LENGTH 38MTRS, WIDTH 4MTRS, HEIGHT 4.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 045/225 DEGS. WRECK IS VISIBLE AND INTACT. (RV KEARY, INFOMAR, H102). RETAIN NDW 73MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: PARTIALLY BURIED

Position: 51 56.592 N,6 14.47 W

 

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