Maritime record MWX1998 - Frogner
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Summary
Norwegian steamship torpedoed and sunk off Portland Bill by the German submarine UC17, 1918
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Type and Period (2)
Full Description
(1) Built: 1907 Builder: Nylands Vaerksted Where Built: Christiania Propulsion: screw-driven, 3 cylinder triple expansion engine Horsepower: 152 Boilers: 2 Master: O Lehman Additional Construction Details: P.deck 8ft; b.deck 108ft; f.castle 28ft (2)(3) Torpedoed by German submarine UC-17 in the Channel near Portland. (5) Steamship torpedoed and sunk off Portland Bill.(8) Wreck lies in a general depth of 35m, orientated 010/190 degrees, and is owned by the Channel Divers. (2)(3) The FROGNER was torpedoed by a German submarine - UC17. (1)
01-MAY-1918 Position 50 32 30N, 02 32 00W.(1)
09-JUN-1952 Wire drift sweep. Position 50 31 48N, 02 33 23W. Clear at 15 fathoms foul at 16 fathoms. Least depth by echosounder 99 feet, surrounding depth 20 fathoms. Lies in NW/SE direction. Length 150 feet. The shallowest depth is at the southern end.(1)
08-JUL-1984 Swept clear at 29.3, foul at 29.6m. Least echosounder depth 30.2 in general depth 35m. No scour. Side scan sonar height 4.6m, length approx. 40m. Lying 010/190 deg. (1)
Part of a wheel recovered from this wreck off Weymouth. (Droit A/2216).(7)
Additional source: CLWB Vol.2 No.132 LR 1917-18 No.688(F) DGWP p27(18)
Net tonnage
Position 50 32.02 N 2 33.06 W taken from (12)
Sources/Archives (19)
- <1> SWX4837 Index: United Kingdom Hydrographic Office. 1992. Hydrographic Office wreck index.
- <2> SWX5030 Index: Larn, Richard. 1992. United Kingdom shipwreck index. Extracted 23 November 1992.
- <3> SWX4541 Monograph: Larn, R, and Larn, B. 1995. Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 1 : Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset Section 6, Dorset (AJ) Vol 1.
- <4> SWX4540 Index: 1990. Lloyds war losses, The First World War: Casualties to shipping through enemy causes 1914-1918. p214.
- <5> SWX4751 Monograph: Von Munching, L. 1968. Merchant shipping losses of Allied, neutral and central powers during and shortly after World War I. p83.
- <6> SWX4536 Monograph: Hocking, Charles. 1990. Dictionary of Disasters at Sea during the Age of Steam. p257.
- <7> SWX4542 Index: 2001. Maritime and Coastguard Agency: Receiver of Wreck Amnesty. 23-Jan to 24-Apr-2001.
- <8> SWX5166 Article in serial: 1976. Dorset magazine : the county magazine. Dorset Shipwrecks. Vol 50. p24.
- <9> SDO20146 Monograph: Maw, Neil. 1999. World War One Channel Wrecks (Vessels lost in the English Channel 1914-1918). Area 8, No 8/49 p 172.
- <10> SWX1714 Monograph: Hinchcliffe, J and V. 1984. Dive Dorset: a diver guide (1st Edition). No 80 p77.
- <10> SWX489 Unpublished document: Receiver of Wreck. Droit of the Receiver of Wreck A/2216.
- <11> SWX5640 Monograph: Hinchcliffe, J and V. 1990. Dive Dorset: a diver guide (2nd Edition). No 80 p77.
- <12> SWX1 Monograph: Hinchcliffe, J and V. 1999. Dive Dorset: a diver guide (3rd Edition). 3rd Edition. No 107 p95.
- <13> SDO20540 Digital archive: SeaZone Hydrospatial. Digital marine geographic information derived from SeaZone Hydrospatial. 15-APR-2008.
- <14> SDO14746 Cartographic materials: 1977. Admiralty Chart 2454. 15-APR-2008.
- <15> SDO20138 Digital archive: http://www.skipet.no. accessed and translated from the Norwegian on 15-APR-2008.
- <16> SDO20161 Digital archive: Miramar Ship Index www.miramarshipindex.org.nz. 38649 > accessed on 15-APR-2008.
- <17> SWX8707 Digital archive: Le Pard, G. 1995-2003. Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database. Shipwreck 44.
- <18> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 904628.
Finds (1)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (0)
Location
| Grid reference | SY 6105 7055 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY67SW |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 9 000 0226
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 67 SW 1
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 904628
Record last edited
Apr 11 2024 3:43PM