This is the information page about the shipwreck Ulfsborg, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 45 56.253 N,1 34.01 W (46.139016666667, -1.2620333333333)

 

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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. Albatros
2. Antietam (part of)
3. Antietam (part of)
4. Azuero
5. Cap nord
6. Cascais (?cascaes)
7. Cimaise
8. Cotre 475
9. David caldwell (aft section)
10. David caldwell (fwd section)
11. Etoile du matin
12. Fils de l`ocean
13. Francesco
14. Georgios
15. Henri
16. Holt hill
17. Immaculee conception
18. Jean sebastien
19. Kegums
20. Le petit moussaillon
21. Le petit prince
22. Le vent (possibly)
23. Leontine
24. Mar adriatico
25. Markland
26. Mecanicien principal carvin
27. Michel
28. Nautilus
29. Nautilus (possibly)
30. Neftegorsk
31. Noviembre
32. Prima
33. Properin
34. Ramon membru
35. Rosalin
36. Saint pierre
37. Sauerland
38. St ives
39. St yves
40. Stendhal
41. U 263
42. Ulfsborg
43. Union neptune
44. Vardaas
45. Vauban
46. Vendee
47. Vent
48. Verily
49. Victoire
50. Vivagel

 

Name: ULFSBORG

Length 83.8 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2040 ton
Load: ore

Cause: 24.10.1917 vessel, built 1894 by irvine & co, struck a mine & sank in the north sea [?] on 24.10.1917. owned at the time of loss by c k hansen. (dods). 23.10.1917 vessel sunk by mine or submarine in 460300n, 014300w, bay of biscay approx, on 23.10.1917 while on passage from bilbao to newport. (ll ww1). 22.10.1917 ss 'ulfborg' sunk in 460300n, 014300w on 22.10.1917. (scandinavian ww1 sl, d cox).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 31 meter

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H1302/19 28.3.19 WK OF SS 'UFSBORG' IN 455600N, 013400W. (PARIS NM 40/19). INS AS WK [OLD SYMBOL].

- NM 658/19. H2967/22 18.5.22 LISTED AS DW PA (1918) IN FRENCH WK RECORDS. BR STD. H4340/25 1.6.25 DW IN 455615N, 013400W. (FRENCH WK RECORDS). NE 2648. 2.6.58 SHOWN IN 455615N, 013358W ON FRENCH 159. 22.1.75 SHOWN AS DW PD ON FRENCH 6338 [1975 EDN]. NE 2746. 28.2.80 SHOWN AS WK LEAST DEPTH 20-30MTRS ON FRENCH 6788 [1979 EDN]. 13.4.81 SHOWN AS DW PD ON FRENCH 6788 [1980 EDN]. 21.3.88 SHOWN AS DW PD IN 455619N, 013356W ON FRENCH 7069 [1986 EDN]. INS AS DW PA. NE 2746. 19.3.90 SS 'ULFSBORG' IN 455618.7N, 013356.2W [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 1M [=PA]. DW IN GEN DEPTH 32MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1988, NO.14551011). NC 20. SEP 2009000062843 4.8.09 SHOWN AS DW PD IN 4556.250N, 0134.006W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7070 [INT 1804] [2ND EDN 2009, 1:150,000, LARGEST SCALE]. BR STD. SEP 2016/00161697 17.7.16 SHOWN AS DW(PA) IN 4556.250N, 0134.006W [WGD]. (FRENCH NMBLK 26/65_6990/16). AMEND DW(PA).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 45 56.253 N,1 34.01 W

 

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