This is the information page about the shipwreck Windfjord, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 39.57 N,3 50.68 E (54.6595, 3.8446667)

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.

Name: WINDFJORD

Length 72 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 4.5, tonnage 1678 ton
Load: timber

Cause: 9.9.01 ex-baltic bonita-97, ex-norrland-96, ex-falkenstein-90. built in 1977 by j j sietas sciffswerft, hamburg. owned at time of loss by wind shipping, sunbay managment as, bergen. 8 cylinder oil engine of 1500bhp. passage kristinehamn for hull. cargo timber. had engine failure and took 30 deg list on 9.9.01 due to the cargo shifting. all crew rescued. drifted with tug granite alongside. later after part submerged and vessel sank.

Year of registration: 01

Water depth above wreck: 44 meter

Known since: 2001, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: HH340/620/06 24.10.01 WK 33MTRS IN 5439.57N, 0350.68E [WGD]. MARKED TEMPORARILY BY TWO W CARD LT BUOYS, VQ(9) 10 SEC, AND VQ(9) 10 SEC WITH RACON 'D'. THESE BUOYS WILL VERY SHORTLY BE REMOVED. (NETH NM 42/593/01). INS ONLY WK 33MTRS.

- NM 4673/01. 11.12.01 TOOK 30DEG LIST ON 9.9.01 IN 5535.0N, 0330.0E. REPORTED DRIFTING 10.9.01 IN 5452.8N, 0338.2E. LATER SANK IN 5439.5N, 0350.69E. (MONTHLY LIST OF TOTAL LOSSES, NOV 01). NCA. 23.9.03 NOT SHOWN ON GERMAN 50 [INT 1045] [JUN'03 EDN, 1:375,000], BUT STILL SHOWN ON NETHERLANDS 1037 [INT 1045] [APR'03 EDN]. PLOTS IN NETHERLANDS WATERS. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 39.57 N,3 50.68 E

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