This is the information page about the shipwreck Tuborg, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 40.615 N,4 39.701 W (49.791683333333, -4.3761)
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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: TUBORG
Year of registration: 1915
Water depth above wreck: 81 meter, Height above seabed: 160 cm
Known since: 1915, last detected: 2005
Details measurements/cartography: H4514/76 21.5.79 H4514/76 21.5.79 WK LOCATED IN 494042N, 043936W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 75 IN GEN DEPTH 82MTRS. (T ALLEN, 14.10.78). CHART AS WK 73.0MTRS. BR STD. H3823/78 28.4.82 H3823/78 28.4.82 DEFINITE WK IN 494042N, 043936W [OGB] USING DECCA. REGULARLY FISHED. (E GILES, 27.4.82). NCA. HH226/350/02 9.1.91 HH226/350/02 9.1.91 LOCATED IN CHARTED POSN NOV '90. LEAST E/S DEPTH 67MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, SIG DTD 19.12.90). AMEND TO WK 67.0MTRS.
- NM 232/91. HH090/497/01 18.1.91 HH090/497/01 18.1.91 EXAM'D 6.12.90 IN 494036.7N, 043940.5W [WGD] USING HYPERFIX AND TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 67 IN GEN DEPTH 82MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 10MTRS, LENGTH 115MTRS, BEAM 15MTRS. LIES 160/340DEGS. LARGE WK WITH CONSIDERABLE WRECKAGE LYING ON ITS SW SIDE AND HIGH POINT AT SE END. LEAST DEPTH OVER MAIN BODY OF WK 76MTRS. LARGE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 497). RETAIN WK 67MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/22 16.6.05 HH100/351/22 16.6.05 HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS TUBORG BY THE BELL. UPRIGHT WITH SLIGHT LIST TO PORT. LOW TO SEABED, BOILERS ARE THE HIGHEST POINT. LIES AS A CLASSIC SS SKELETON TO THE SEABED. ALL MACHINERY OBVIOUS. RISES A LITTLE AT THE STERN, WHICH IS TWISTED. (L BISHOP). NCA. HH091/059/01 22.11.05 HH091/059/01 22.11.05 EXAM'D 29.9.04 IN 4940.615N, 0439.701W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 74.4 IN GEN DEPTH 81MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 106MTRS, WIDTH 34MTRS, HT 6.7MTRS. LIES 136/316 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WELL DEGRADED. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 74MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, SKELETAL REMAINS WITH MACHINERY
Position: 49 40.615 N,4 39.701 W