This is the information page about the shipwreck Bruno heinemann (z.8), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 16.16 N,2 17.005 E (51.1325, 2.5103667)

 

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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. Amor
2. Andre
3. Bourrasque
4. Bowsprite (bow section)
5. Bramden (possibly)
6. Brighton
7. Bruno heinemann (z.8)
8. Clan macalister
9. Clan macneil (possibly)
10. Deo gratias
11. Douaisien (possibly)
12. Estafette
13. Etendard
14. Fauvette
15. Fennella
16. Floride (probably)
17. Foudroyant
18. Foudroyant (possibly)
19. Ganko
20. Garden city
21. Hms basilisk
22. Hms blackburn rovers (possibly)
23. Hms brighton queen
24. Hms grenade
25. Hms keith
26. Hms king orry
27. Hms redcar
28. Hms skipjack
29. Hms st abbs
30. Hms st achilleus (possibly)
31. Hms thuringia (possibly)
32. Hms westella
33. Horst
34. Jaguar
35. Jarita
36. Jonrix
37. Kestrel
38. Kilmore
39. L'urtiga (possibly)
40. Laura
41. Le copain d'abord
42. Lorina
43. Lorina (possibly)
44. M 3630 (possibly)
45. Madimba (probably)
46. Mariner (possibly)
47. Marthe
48. Melrose
49. Mona's queen
50. Nautilus
51. Neerlandais
52. Noroit
53. Okeania
54. Paris (possibly)
55. Pavon
56. Peppinella
57. Port nicholson (probably)
58. Portrieux
59. Prinses astrid
60. Quo vadis
61. R.93 (possibly)
62. S 168
63. Sabrina
64. Saint camille
65. Sint annaland
66. St fagan
67. St pierre (aft section)
68. St pierre (fore portion)
69. Sterre der zee
70. Toquet
71. Trifels
72. Tringa
73. Uc 1
74. Uc 63
75. V 201 (possibly)
76. Vecht (probably)
77. Vlaanderen (probably)
78. West-hinder
79. Wielingen ii (possibly)
80. Wielingen ltv
81. Wolf
82. Zeester

 

Name: BRUNO HEINEMANN (Z.8)

Length 118.9 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 2171 ton

Cause: 9.2.88 ran onto two mines & broke in two off dunkirk & sank 1.56m sw of bergues banc buoy. 93 killed survivors landed at le havre. was preparing to assist escape of gneisenau, scharnhorst & prins eugen. (r verpoorte 9.2.88).

Year of registration: 1983

Water depth above wreck: 32 meter

Known since: 1983, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: H5536/83 11.10.83 NDW LOCATED IN 511612N, 021712E BY GARDLINE SURVEYS, BUT DATA RETURNED TO CLIENT. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, 4.10.83) BR STD. H1310/85/8 15.2.85 DIVED ON 2.11.84 IN POSN 1.56M [RADAR] SW FROM BERGUES S BUOY. LIES INTACT ON STBD SIDE. LENGTH 100MTRS. GERMAN AMMUNITION FOUND. SEVERAL GUNS SEEN. APPARENTLY A DESTROYER AND THOUGHT TO BE BRUNO HEINEMAN. (J COULON, 25.1.85). H2731/85 29.5.85 WK, LEAST DEPTH 21MTRS, LOCATED IN 511606N, 021706E. (BREST NM 85 17 21) BR STD. H2981/78 15.7.85 AMEND POSN TO 511612N, 021705E. (BREST NM 85 24 27). BR STD. H1310/88/18 8.8.88 CONFIRMED AS WK OF BRUNO HEINEMANN. 127MM SHELL CASES AND OTHER GERMAN ITEMS FOUND. (J COULON, 15.3.88). 6.11.96 SHOWN AS WK 21.5MTRS [MLS] ON BELGIAN 102 [REPROMAT MAY '96]. NC 1873 [LAT], NOW LARGEST SCALE. 11.10.04 SHOWN AS WKS 21MTRS ON FRENCH 7214 [INT 1480] [1988 EDN CORRECT TO 26 20 01]. NE 1872. SEP 2006/000375515 5.10.06 SHOWN AS WK 21.5MTRS IN 5116.200N, 0217.063E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 102 [JUN '06 EDN] AND AS WKS 21MTRS ON FRENCH 6723 [5TH EDN 2003]. RETAIN AS WKS 21MTRS IN AMENDED POSN. BR STD. 26.4.10 BOW BLOWN OFF AND LYING 80MTRS FROM REST OF WK. FORWARD PART BROKEN BUT STERN FAIRLY INTACT & CAPSIZED TO STARBOARD. LIES IN 32MTRS ON SANDY SEABED. (DIVER MAGAZINE MAY '10). 25.5.11 SHOWN AS WK 21MTRS [LAT] IN 5116.160N, 0217.005E [WGD] ON FR401040 [EDN 1.44], SHOWN AS WKS 2M1TRS ON BA 1873 [EDN 4 DTD 19.5.11].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, LYING ON STARBOARD SIDE

Position: 51 16.16 N,2 17.005 E

 

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