This is the information page about the shipwreck B 109 (part), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 50.395 N,3 11.601 W (58.844716666667, -3.1926833333333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: B 109 (PART)
Length 97.8 meter, width: 9.4 meter, tonnage 1843 ton
Cause: scuttled. raised 1926 and partially scrapped.
Year of registration: 1981
Water depth above wreck: 12 meter
Known since: 1981, last detected: 2017
Details measurements/cartography: H1310/81/10 12.6.81 MID-SECTION OF GERMAN WARSHIP DIVED ON 28.5.81 IN 585018N, 031120W [OGB] OR 4.3 CABLES S OF 'F2' BUOY. NO SUPERSTRUCTURE. STANDING 6MTRS HIGH AT HIGHEST POINT. IN GEN DEPTH 15MTRS [LWS]. LENGTH 14MTRS, LYING 100/280DEGS, ON PORT SIDE. NO IDENTIFICATION. (W MURNEY, E LANCS SAC, 8.6.81). INS AS WK 8MTRS.
- NM 1413/81. H1310/82/8 22.2.82 IDENTIFIED FROM MARKINGS ON WRECKAGE AS PART OF GERMAN DESTROYER B 109. (W MURNEY, 13.2.82). 1.6.17 AREA SURVEYED AND NOTHING FOUND BY SSS. WK LOCATED IN 5850.395N, 0311.601W [WGD] BELIEVED TO BE WK ID [1114]. SURVEYED WITH SSS, LENGTH 10MTRS, WIDTH 4MTRS, HT 2.5MTRS. (KEVIN HEATH E-MAIL, DTD 17.5.17). AMEND DW IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: PART OF WK, ON PORT SIDE, DIMENSIONS BY DIVER
Position: 58 50.395 N,3 11.601 W