This is the information page about the shipwreck Augustenburg, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 14.176 N,1 3.415 W (50.242166666667, -1.28825)

 

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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. Albert
2. Aline montreuil
3. Ambiorix
4. Asborg
5. Asger ryg
6. Ashanti (possibly)
7. Augustenburg
8. Barbara (possibly)
9. Braat ii
10. British commerce
11. Chatburn (possibly)
12. Coral
13. Cuba
14. Daylesford
15. Donegal (possibly)
16. Empire javelin
17. Faith
18. Fallodon
19. Fort yale
20. Gerarda
21. Germa geisha
22. Gorizont
23. Hilda lea (bow part)(probably)
24. Hilda lea (stern part)(probably)
25. Hmcs alberni
26. Hms crestflower
27. Hms listrac (probably)
28. Hms tiger
29. Hms towhee
30. Hmsm swordfish
31. Implacable
32. Inger
33. Kingsdyke
34. Krasnaya presnia
35. Lct 757 (possibly)
36. Meandros (possibly)
37. Mendi
38. Minerva (possibly)
39. Olivine
40. Plm 4 (possibly)
41. Polandia (possibly)
42. Redesmere
43. Ringen
44. Saint enogat
45. Simla
46. Sines (possibly)
47. Spearfish
48. Teelin head
49. Tweed
50. U 123
51. U 152
52. U 153 (possibly)
53. U 90
54. Ub 122 (possibly)
55. Ub 81
56. Uss osprey
57. Val de saire
58. Victor-maurice
59. Wapello
60. Wyndhurst
61. Y48

 

Name: AUGUSTENBURG

Length 107 meter, tonnage 3639 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid

Cause: built in 1933 by a/b gotaverken. owned at time of loss by m s augustenburg. twin 7 cylinder, 2 stroke oil engines, twin shaft. passage buenos aires for hamburg. sank after collision with danish mv colorado. crew recovered by colorado. (ll & south coast shipwrecks).

Year of registration: 1962

Water depth above wreck: 70 meter, Height above seabed: 65 cm

Known since: 1962, last detected: 2002

Details measurements/cartography: H1900/62 17.5.62 H1900/62 17.5.62 WK IN 501407N, 010345W [OGB]. MINIMUM PROJECTION FROM BOTTOM 30FT, MAXIMUM 48FT IN 40FMS. LEAST DEPTH OVERWRECK THEREFORE 32FMS. WK APPEARED TO BE LYING ON ITS BEAM. (HMS DUNDAS AND THV SIREN). CHART AS NDW. BR STD. 14.8.74 14.8.74 NOW CHARTED AS USC 40MTRS. NC 2450. HH090/962/01 11.12.02 HH090/962/01 11.12.02 EXAM'D 29.7.02 IN 5014.176N, 0103.415W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 55.9 IN GEN DEPTH 70MTRS. SCOUR 0.2MTR DEEP EXTENDS 50MTRS ALONG 065/245 DEGS. LENGTH 110MTRS, WIDTH 21MTRS. DCS3 HT 14.5MTRS. LIES 065/245 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, PROBABLY ON ITS SIDE. (GARDLINE, HI 962). AMEND TO WK 55MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ON ITS SIDE

Position: 50 14.176 N,1 3.415 W

 

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