This is the information page about the shipwreck Baden, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 50.787 N,2 21.217 W (49.73805, -2.3427833333333)

 

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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. Agrion
2. Antonis g lemos (probably)
3. Armas
4. Baden
5. Beatrice maud
6. Belle colombe
7. Bohera
8. Bonafide
9. Bonita
10. Bremenry
11. Buchanness
12. Cap horn des mers
13. Captain niko
14. Carrouest one (possibly)
15. Carrouest one (possibly)
16. Cid
17. Citta de bari
18. Conch
19. Constantia s (after part)(possibly)
20. Constantia s (after part)(possibly)
21. Constantia s (fwd part)
22. Corail
23. Deucalion
24. Edirne
25. Emily eveson
26. Empress
27. Felix de abasolo
28. Finnborg
29. Gallia
30. Ginette
31. Guilding star
32. Hms dragon
33. Hms gossamer
34. Hms viper
35. Hmsm affray
36. Ievoli sun
37. Jeanne
38. Johan (possibly)
39. Josef joham (bow section) (probably)
40. Josef joham (stern half) (probably)
41. Klein famile
42. Le nord
43. Linn o dee (or linn o dec)
44. Liverpool
45. Mahenge (possibly)
46. Makeshift (possibly)
47. Malka
48. Marie mashman
49. Maud pierre andre (possibly)
50. Mersey
51. Miniota
52. Pan
53. Peras
54. Perra (possibly)
55. Phoenix c1/131
56. Point law
57. Portsea
58. Progress
59. Pruthree
60. Rabbi
61. Rap
62. Regina coeli (possibly)
63. Rfa bacchus
64. Rhenania
65. Saint antoine
66. Solway prince (possibly)
67. St malo (possibly)
68. Stella (probably)
69. Terra
70. Tyne
71. Ville de malaga

 

Name: BADEN

Length 189.9 meter, width: 30.2 meter, tonnage 28075 ton

Cause: beached in sinking condition at swanbister bay, scapa flow in 1919. recovered and used as gunnery target before being finally sunk. (home intelligence summary, no.34 & jutland to junkyard by s c george).

Year of registration: 1921

Water depth above wreck: 170 meter, Height above seabed: 50 cm

Known since: 1921, last detected: 2001

Details measurements/cartography: H5255/21 25.8.21 SUNK 007DEGS, 7.3M FROM CASQUETS. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH, 19.8.21). INS AS OBSOLETE WK SYMBOL IN 495020N, 022120W. BR STD. H1291/28 AMENDED TO NDW (1921). BR STD. H03504/51 28.8.51 A CLEARLY DEFINED OLD WRECK LOCATED IN 495042N, 022106W DURING SEARCH FOR LOST SUBMARINE AFFRAY. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH). H03504/51 14.3.60 WRECK LOCATED IN 495042N, 022106W USING A/S DURING SEARCH FOR HMS AFFRAY. NOT DIVED ON. LENGTH 280FT, HEIGHT 23FT. LIES 170/350DEGS. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH, 24.7.51). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 11.11.71 AMEND TO USC 28MTRS. NC 3653. H1271/76 2.11.77 AMEND TO USC 100MTRS. [PREVIOUS DEPTH SHOWN UNREALISTIC]. BR STD. 12.2.80 SHOWN AS NDW PA ON FRENCH 878 [DEC'79 EDN, FRENCH WK RECORD NO.14592159]. HH090/496/01 12.10.90 EXAM'D 30.7.90 IN 495047.2N, 022113.0W [WGD] USING HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 152.4 IN GEN DEPTH 170MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 19MTRS, LENGTH 170MTRS. LIES ON ITS SIDE, ORIENTATED 050/230DEGS WITH HIGH POINT ABOUT A THIRD OF ITS LENGTH FROM S END. TWO SEPARATE, SMALL PIECES OF WRECKAGE, APPROX 4MTRS HIGH, LIE ABOUT 100MTRS N OF WK - COULD BE TWO OF THE FOUR GUN TURRETS. A LARGE MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION WAS OBSERVED. (NP 1008, HI 496). AMEND TO WK 152MTRS. BR STD. HH090/912/01 21.11.01 LOCATED IN 19.8.01 IN 4950.846N, 0221.159W [WGD] USING DGPS. NOT EXAMINED. LENGTH 160MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. DCS3 HT APPROX 25MTRS. LIES 030/210 DEGS WITH BOWS SW. INTACT, ON ITS SIDE. (GARDLINE, HI 912). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LIES ON ITS SIDE

Position: 49 50.787 N,2 21.217 W

 

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