This is the information page about the shipwreck Venborg, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 54.94 N,5 2.09 W (48.699, -5.1015)
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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: VENBORG
Length 61.3 meter, width: 9.8 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1065 ton
Cause: built 1904 by fevigs jernskibsbyggeri. owned at time of loss by brummenaes & torgersen. was torpedoed & sunk by german submarine off ushant. (dods).
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 101 meter
Known since: 1918, last detected: 2021
Details measurements/cartography: 25.3.18 NO INFORMATION RECEIVED SOUTH BOUND FROM MONUTS BAY. LOST IN FOG. (A.P.FALMOUTH). 11.4.18 SANK IN 485500N 050200W. (RECEIVED FROM SURVIVORS). H1690/19 16.7.19 SANK IN GEN DEPTH 50FMS. (RECEIVED FROM SURVIVORS). CHART AS WK IN 485500N, 050200W. BR STD. H1291/28 AMEND TO NDW (1918). BR STD. H1128/63 12.3.63 SHOWN AS NDW ON NC 2644. H4903/75 25.11.77 SHOWN AS NDW ON FRENCH 6680 [INT 1708]. LISTED AS 'VENBORG' IN FRENCH WK RECORDS DTD 18.10.76. 10.8.87 SHOWN AS WK USC PD 85MTRS ON FRENCH 6680 [1986 EDN]. 26.2.88 SHOWN AS WK USC PD 85MTRS ON FRENCH 7067 [1987 EDN]. ALSO LISTED IN FRENCH WK RECORDS NO.14585004. NC 2644. 26.2.09 SHOWN IN 4854.940N, 0502.090W [WGD] ON FRENCH 6680 [3RD EDN 2003, CORRECT TO NM 42 29 08, 1:150,000, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NC 2647.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 48 54.94 N,5 2.09 W