This is the information page about the shipwreck Breitenburg, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 31.686 N,0 3.214 E (53.569150, 0.093600)

 

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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. Amenity
2. Arcona champion
3. Avalon
4. B o borjesson
5. Beaconsfield
6. Breitenburg
7. Canada
8. City of birmingham
9. Coastal fort no 1 (part of)(possibly)
10. Coastal fort no-1
11. Cook s26
12. Corinth (possibly)
13. Cramlington (possibly)
14. Daphne ii
15. Dayrian
16. Deerpool (after section)
17. Deerpool (for'd section)
18. Diana
19. Dido
20. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
21. Dunsany
22. Empress (probably)
23. Ethel (possibly)
24. Exmoor
25. Faunus
26. Femke
27. Fermo
28. Fowberry tower (part)
29. Fowberry tower (part)
30. Francis
31. Georgie
32. Georgios
33. Gerhardt (possibly)
34. Girl kitty (possibly)
35. Giuseppe
36. Gladeto
37. Gothic
38. Harlech
39. Hms benvolio
40. Hms calverton
41. Hms corfield
42. Hms cortina
43. Hms egret
44. Hms lormont
45. Hms mistletoe
46. Hms othello
47. Hms princess victoria
48. Hms remillo
49. Hms st cyrus
50. Hms strathborve (part)
51. Hms yorkshire belle
52. Hvitveis
53. Ionic (probably)
54. John and thomas
55. John mowlem
56. Lady dinah
57. Lincolnshire time and tide bell
58. Lord haig (possibly)
59. Lord haig (possibly)
60. Lord selborne
61. Lucerne
62. Lutha
63. Lyra (bow section)
64. Magdalyn ann
65. Magnolia (probably)
66. Mangalore (part of)(possibly)
67. Marian francis
68. Marshall (probably)
69. Modig
70. Modiva (possibly)
71. Monimia (possibly)
72. Nadod (possibly)
73. Nimrod
74. Odessa
75. Orsa
76. Otis tetrax
77. Paraciers
78. Peggotty
79. Portia
80. Reculver
81. Retriever
82. Rievaulx abbey
83. Rivaulx
84. River don (part of)(probably)
85. River witham
86. Sagacity
87. Salacon
88. Salmondby
89. Saltoun
90. Sandra glen
91. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
92. Sergei
93. Sota eduardo
94. Teano
95. Thomas deas
96. Triton
97. Upminster (possibly)
98. Venture (possibly)
99. Whitemantle (possibly)
100. William hanson
101. Windsor (part of)
102. Windsor (part of)
103. Winga
104. Xavier
105. Xavier
106. Zeemermin

 

Name: BREITENBURG

Length 54.3 meter, width: 9.4 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 422 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid

Cause: arrived off humber in sinking condition & was beached to prevent complete loss.

Year of registration: 1978

Water depth above wreck: 1 meter

Known since: 1978, last detected: 1989

Details measurements/cartography: H5970/69 27.10.78 H5970/69 27.10.78 BEACHED 218DEG, 3.8M FROM SPURN HIGH LT. MARKED BY R LT FLOAT, QKFLR 1.5C N. (BTDB HUMBER, LTR DTD 5.9.78). SALVAGE OPS TO COMMENCE 22.9.78. (LL, 26.9.78). SALVAGE ATTEMPTS UNSUCCESSFUL SO FAR. FURTHER ATTEMPTS TO BE MADE. (LL, 24.10.78). H5970/69 9.11.78 H5970/69 9.11.78 SALVAGE ATTEMPTS CONTINUE BUT LIKELY TO LAST UP TO 4 MONTHS. WK NOW AWASH AT HW. (BTDB HUMBER, TELECON 9.11.78).

- NM 2782(T)/78. 15.11.78 15.11.78 FURTHER SALVAGE ATTEMPT UNSUCCESSFUL AS WEIGHT OF SILT & REMAINING CARGO WILL NOT PERMIT VESSEL TO BE RIGHTED. HEAVIER EQUIPMENT BEING ARRANGED. (LL, 15.11.78). H5970/69 5.12.78 H5970/69 5.12.78 STILL STRANDED & SUBMERGED AT HIGH TIDE. CONSTRUCTIVE TOTAL LOSS. NOW OWNED BY A SCRAP MERCHANT. (LL, 1.12.78). H5970/69 27.3.79 H5970/69 27.3.79 BREAKING UP & SINKING INTO SAND. NOT CLEAR WHETHER DEMOLITION WILL EVER TAKE PLACE. (LL, 20.3.79). ADVISED NOW TO TAKE PERMANENT NM ACTION. (BTDB HUMBER, TELECON 27.3.79).

- NM 865/79. H5970/69 11.12.79 H5970/69 11.12.79 DEMOLITION TO COMMENCE 5.12.79. (BTDB HUMBER 87/79). H5970/69 4.3.80 H5970/69 4.3.80 R CAN BUOY, QR SUBSTITUTED FOR LT FLOAT. (BTDB HUMBER NM H18/80).

- NM 605/80. H5970/69 12.10.81 H5970/69 12.10.81 DISPERSAL OPS TO COMMENCE 12.10.81 USING EXPLOSIVES. (BTDB HUMBER, NM 73/81). H5970/69 28.1.83 H5970/69 28.1.83 DEMOLITION COMPLETE, REDUCED TO 0.5MTRS. BUOY REMOVED. (HUMBER NM 16/83). BR STD. 11.8.89 11.8.89 WK 0.5MTR SHOWN IN 533140.1N, 000319E ON HUMBER 13/3. NE 1188.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 31.686 N,0 3.214 E

 

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