This is the information page about the shipwreck Bremer western, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 11.189 N,17 29.814 E (55.125516666667, 17.703083333333)
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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: BREMER WESTERN
Length 83.2 meter, width: 12.9 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 997 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined
Cause: built in 1962 by fr lurssen, bremen. owned at time of loss by bruno bischoff reeferei. passage bremen for klaipeda. 6 men lost, 7 recovered. (msd). sank during storm. (baltic wrecks association).
Year of registration: 1975
Water depth above wreck: 59 meter
Known since: 1975, last detected: 2023
Details measurements/cartography: 31.7.75 REPORTED SUNK IN OPEN SEA IN 550015N, 150030E APPROX. (LL 31.7.75). NCA. 30.9.04 DEPTH 49MTRS SHOWN IN 5511.070N, 1729.419E [WGD] ON BA 2369 [EDN 4 DTD 30.9.04]. HH100/351/22 19.4.06 DIVED 30.3.06 IN 5511.189N, 1729.814E [WGD]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 49 IN GEN DEPTH 59MTRS. LENGTH 83MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 10MTRS. THIS IS MV 'BREMER WESTEN'. (M RULKA & S POPEK, BALTIC WRECKS ASSOCIATION, EMAIL DTD 18.4.06). AMEND DEPTH 49MTRS TO WK 49MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: DIMENSIONS BY DIVER
Position: 55 11.189 N,17 29.814 E