This is the information page about the shipwreck Cholmogory (or kholmogory), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 52.771 N,7 48.616 E (53.6720667, 8.0892167)

 

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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. Adele ohlrogge
2. Angela
3. Bewerwyk
4. Cholmogory (or kholmogory)
5. Dw 07
6. Elbe (possibly)
7. Franciska
8. Friedel
9. Gerhardus
10. German empire
11. Grete hauschildt
12. Harborough
13. Johann schulte
14. Johanna
15. Kapa trader
16. Karla sorensen
17. Kellerwald
18. Kjobenhavn
19. Lenas
20. Limsund (fore-part)
21. Lune ii
22. Marianne wear
23. Marko
24. Miranda
25. Narvik
26. Neubau
27. Nordenham
28. Ocean king
29. Orient
30. Peter deuss
31. Piteaelf
32. Rosafred
33. Saltborn
34. Sperber
35. Tannhauser
36. Tjalk
37. Trondheim
38. U 51 (probably)
39. Vp-boat 1101
40. Widar (or wides)
41. Wilhelm 3
42. Yorck

 

Name: CHOLMOGORY (OR KHOLMOGORY)

Length 86.9 meter, width: 13.1 meter, tonnage 2332 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: 23.3.59 vessel, bult 1930 by baltic s.b. & eng. works with triple expansion engines. sank following collision with german mv bischofstein in foggy conditions. on passge antwerp to ventspils. most of crew rescued. (ll, 23.3.59, ll 14.4.59, dods).

Year of registration: 1959

Water depth above wreck: 18 meter

Known since: 1959, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: 2.4.59 DW REPORTED IN 535248N, 074825E. (HYDRODIENST 26.3.59) - NAVEAMS 6462 & 6467 ISSUED. H2072/59 7.7.59 WK (AWASH) IN 535248N, 074824E, BUOYS CLOSE NW & SE. (HAMBURG NM 1731/59)

- NM 1185/59. H2072/59 19.12.63 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 16.0MTRS [8FMS 3FT]. (HAMBURG NM 4590/63)

- NM 2546/63. H4507/61 17.11.71 REPD AS WK SW 16MTRS [8FMS 3FT] IN 535248N, 074845E. (HAMBURG NM 3890/71) BR STD. H4344/72 12.7.73 BUOYS ARE: G CONL LT BUOY, QKFL.G CLOSE W & G SPAR, RAREFL CLOSE NNW. (HAMBURG NM 2302/73)

- NM 1500/73. H4634/74 4.11.75 NOTED BY HMS RECLAIM AS VERY DANGEROUS WRECK. (FLEET PORT GUIDE FOR BREMERHAVEN, 1975) H3575/75 17.3.82 H3575/75 17.3.82 BUOYS ARE: N CARD PILLAR LT BUOY, V.Q CLOSE NNE & W CARD SPAR CLOSE SW. (HAMBURG NM 499/82)

- NM 782/82. 8.9.87 SHOWN AS WK SW 16MTRS & BUOYED ON GERMAN 87D [REPRINT 1986]. NC 3761. HH328/520/01 14.10.91 BUOYS DELETED. (GERMAN NM 37/2/91)

- NM 2690/91. 9.3.94 WK SW 16MTRS, LEGEND WKS, SHOWN IN 535251N, 074839E ON GERMAN 2D [18TH EDN 1993]. NE 3368 & BR STD. 1.8.15 SW WK IN 5352.771N, 0748.616E [WGD] SHOWN ON DE421030. (EDN 25.3, DTD 7.8.15). AMEND SW 16.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 52.771 N,7 48.616 E

 

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