This is the information page about the shipwreck Capella, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 37.982 N,6 12.948 E (53.560666666667, 6.5186833333333)

 

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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. Amerskerk
2. Annie hugo stinnes 6
3. Antje jansen
4. Bore viii (possibly)
5. Bornnriff
6. Capella
7. Christel vinnen
8. Christiana
9. Cimbria
10. Consul horn
11. Donau
12. E 3
13. Ebenhaezer
14. Elphis
15. Enak
16. Eurabia sun
17. F k traute
18. Gerrit fritzen
19. Gratia
20. Gustav nachtigal
21. Hanine no. 1055
22. Hedda
23. Helene
24. Inga
25. Irene oldendorff
26. Jacob senior
27. Janne malene
28. Jodelta
29. Jonge albert
30. Jonna anna-lise
31. Kai
32. Kalo
33. Krimhild
34. Kumo jan
35. Lasbeck
36. Lisianne
37. Minensuchtboot 1802
38. Narvik
39. Navigator
40. Nordmark
41. Nordqueen
42. Ohne
43. Oriente
44. Regulus
45. Sabine howald
46. Sandy hook
47. Santa lucia
48. Sayn
49. Scharnhorst
50. Schlipper
51. Schute
52. Sola fide
53. Sperrbrecher 102
54. Sperrbrecher 138
55. Sperrbrecher 161
56. Stettinger haff
57. Sud
58. Tjalk
59. Trio (part of)
60. Trio (part of)
61. U 7 (possibly)
62. U 7 (probably)
63. V 84
64. Vivan
65. Volrath thamm
66. Vp 1252
67. Vp-boot 808
68. Widar
69. Wilhelm bayern
70. Wilhelm luhring
71. Zeearend

 

Name: CAPELLA

Length 59.4 meter, width: 9.8 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 617 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid,salt

Cause: 5.1.76 built in 1961 by peeneweft, wolfgast. owned at time of loss by veb deutfracht/seereederei. on passage runcorn for stockholm. took on heavy list after springing a leak in storm force winds & later sank. (ll, 5.1.76 & msd).

Year of registration: 1976

Water depth above wreck: 20 meter

Known since: 1976, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: 14.1.76 WK LOCATED BY DIVERS ABOUT 7M N OF SCHIERMONIKOOG ISLAND. (LL, 14.1.76). NCA YET. H1271/75 17.2.76 DW IN 533805N, 061256E [EUR], MARKED BY G CAN LT BUOY, Q.G, CLOSE W. (HAGUE NM 364/76).

- NM 542/76. H1271/75 22.4.76 NOW WK 14.3MTRS [7FMS 5FT]. (HAGUE NM 675/76). BR STD. H1271/71 18.5.76 NOW SWEPT CLEAR AT 15.8MTRS. (HAGUE NM 1332/76) SWEPT CLEAR AT 16.1MTRS. (HAMBURG NM 1421/76) DATUM DIFFERENCE. BR STD. H5191/69 11.11.76 NOW SWEPT CLEAR AT 15.8MTRS [8FMS 4FT]. (HAMBURG NM 3566/76).

- NM 2441/76. H1271/75 16.2.77 BUOY WITHDRAWN. (HAGUE NM 386/77).

- NM 512/77. H4146/82 13.7.82 POSN NOW 530804N, 061301E. (HAMBURG NM 2115/82). BR STD. 11.8.82 SHOWN AS WK SW 16.1MTRS [MLS] IN 533804N, 061301E ON GERMAN 90 [1981 EDN]. NE 3509. 8.6.87 SHOWN AS WK SW 15.8MTRS ON GERMAN & NETHERLANDS SMALLER SCALE CHARTS. NCA. 12.2.88 SHOWN AS WK SW 15.8MTRS [LAT] IN 533805N, 061257E ON NETHERLANDS 1460 [1983 EDN], & IN NETHERLANDS WK RECORDS [1988 EDN], NO.N7 1089. NE 3509. H4146/82 1.8.88 NOW WK SW 17MTRS [9FMS 2FT] IN 533804N, 061301E [EUR]. (HAMBURG NM (22)84/27/88). BR STD. 11.6.92 POSN GIVEN AS 533805N, 061257E. (NETHERLANDS WK RECORDS, 1990, NO. N7 1089). 13.10.05 SHOWN IN 5338.027N, 0612.937E [WGD] ON NETHERLANDS 1633 [INT 1417] [OCT '05 EDN, CO-PRODUCTION]. NE 1633. 7.4.11 SHOWN AS SW 16.6MTRS IN 5338.016N, 0612.928E [WGD] ON BA 1633 [EDN 2 DTD 23.12.10].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 37.982 N,6 12.948 E

 

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