This is the information page about the shipwreck Visborg (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 0.893 N,3 23.799 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)

 

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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. Aldershot
2. Antonio (probably)
3. Ave
4. Baychattan
5. Benin
6. Blue marlin
7. Bostonian (probably)
8. Brunhilda
9. Cheshire
10. Christoffel colombus (possibly)
11. Cistude
12. Clan stuart (probably)
13. Claverley (possibly)
14. Colorado (possibly)
15. Cornelia
16. Eagle
17. Ece
18. Elsa
19. Emma
20. Farn
21. Fiona mary
22. Flourish
23. Garm (possibly)
24. Greatham
25. Grelhame (probably)
26. Gro
27. Haugastol (possibly)
28. Hazelpark (possibly)
29. Hildegard (possibly)
30. Hms benton castle
31. Hms chorley (possibly)
32. Hms jasper (possibly)
33. Hms loch erinboll (stern part)(probably)
34. Hms penylan (e part)
35. Hms penylan (w part)
36. Hms picton castle
37. Hms transvaal (possibly)
38. Irma germaine (possibly)
39. La blanca (possibly)
40. Lb 332 or lb 362 (possibly)
41. Lofoten (probably)
42. Marana (bow section)
43. Marjolene
44. Medina
45. Mudstomper (probably)
46. Murree
47. Neches (probably)
48. Newholm
49. Orangemoor (possibly)
50. Perm (possibly)
51. Pietje antje
52. Renilde
53. Shirley betty
54. Ster de zee (possibly)
55. Taeping
56. Talvaldis (possibly)
57. Tom roper (possibly)
58. U 214 (probably)
59. Uc 51
60. Visborg (possibly)
61. Waikawa (possibly)
62. Warsaw
63. Westergate (probably)
64. Yvette bm217

 

Name: VISBORG (POSSIBLY)

Length 74.7 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1311 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-nivingston, ex-newcastle. built in 1885 by c s swan & hunter ltd, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by a/s d/s visborg. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 147nhp, single shaft. passage barry for cherbourg. sunk by ub-19. (staff monographs vol 17 & sibi).

Year of registration: 1985

Water depth above wreck: 67 meter, Height above seabed: 170 cm

Known since: 1985, last detected: 2000

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 14M SE OF START POINT. (NS MONOGRAPHS VOL 17). GIVES APPROX POSN 500300N, 032300W. H1310/85/17 11.6.85 WK LOCATED IN 500050N, 032345W [OGB] USING DECCA. (C WILLIAMS, CHART LOANED 6.6.85). INS AS NDW. BR STD. H2325/85 25.11.85 WK LOCATED 19.9.85 IN 500050N, 032345W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 62 IN GEN DEPTH 67MTRS. FLAT SEABED. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 292). AMEND TO WK 62MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/14/19 15.4.99 LOCATED IN 5000.859N, 0323.727W [OGB] USING DGPS. WK KNOWN LOCALLY AS 'GEORGE'S WK'. (M SHARP, FAX DTD 25.3.99). BR STD. HH090/912/01 8.2.01 EXAM'D 3.8.00 IN 5000.893N, 0223.799W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 58.3 IN GEN DEPTH 67MTRS. NO SCOUR. OVERALL LENGTH 67MTRS, OVERALL WIDTH 23MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.9MTRS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. NO DEBRIS. UPRIGHT AND BROKEN IN TWO WITH BOW DISCONNECTED. SOME SUPERSTRUCTURE VISIBLE ON DCS3. ?NETTED. SEDIMENT BUILD-UP AROUND WK. (GARDLINE, HI 912). MAIN PORTION LIES 170/350 DEGS, BOW LIES 040/220 DEGS. AMEND TO WK 58MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BOW BROKEN OFF, SUPERSTRUCTURE, ?NETTED

Position: 50 0.893 N,3 23.799 W

 

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