This is the information page about the shipwreck August leonhardt, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 30.066 N,11 41.924 E (56.4510833, 11.48705)

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: AUGUST LEONHARDT

Length 100.3 meter, width: 14 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 2593 ton

Cause: Built in 1936 by stettiner oderwerke. owned at time of loss by leonhardt & blumberg. triple expansion engines. torpedoed and sunk by british submarine "hms sealion", while being used as a troop transport. (dods).

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 31 meter

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H312/41 18.4.41 DW PA IN 562930N, 114400E. MARKED BY G LT BUOY, CLOSE SW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).

- NM 845/41. H312/41 1.7.42 AMENDED TO WK 5.6MTRS [3FMS]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).

- NM 1044/42. H312/41 31.8.42 AMENDED TO WK 15MTRS [8FMS], IN 563003N, 114211E. BUOY REMOVED. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).

- NM 1822/42 H312/41 26.8.65 LEAST DEPTH NOW 19.5MTRS [10FMS 4FT]. (COPENHAGEN NM 1157/65).

- NM 1705/65. 2.2.72 POSN GIVEN AS 563000N, 114212E. (DANISH WK RECORD 630142). NCA. H6509/82 7.5.85 LEAST DEPTH NOW 24MTRS. (COPENHAGEN NM 581/85). BR STD. 26.3.08 SHOWN IN 5630.066N, 1141.924E [WGD] ON DANISH 102 [INT 1302] [MAR 2008 EDN]. NE 2108.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 56 30.066 N,11 41.924 E

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