Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 935516
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/935516
UKHO Identifier : 000027
Feature Class : Wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 60.26667,-2.85000
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 60.26610,-2.85172
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 180
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : CHRISTIANSBORG
Type : SS
Flag : DANISH
Tonnage : 3270
Tonnage Type : Gross
Cargo : 4107 TONS MAIZE
Date Sunk : 21/03/1940
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1940
Original Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **VESSEL ON PASSAGE PHILADELPHIA FOR FREDRIKSHAVN AND COPENHAGEN. ATTACKED BY TORPEDO AND LATER SUNK BY GUNFIRE FROM U-38. CREW OF 25, 1 LOST. (LLWW2).
Surveying Details : **SANK IN 601600N, 025100W APPROX. (WW2SL).
**28.3.89 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 601700N, 024900W. (AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES, LLWW2). NCA [SEE ALSO WRECK NO. 29].
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
Charting Comments : POSN TOO VAGUE TO CHART
Date Last Amended : 02/10/2000
