This is the information page about the shipwreck Desdemona, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 13.734 N,12 11.406 E (56.14005, 12.1627833)

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.

Name: DESDEMONA

Length 78.6 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1305 ton

Cause: Mined. (danish wk records). passage hamburg for skien. (dods).

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 27 meter

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H1207/44 24.5.44 DW WITH BUOY IN 561346N, 121137E. INS DW WITH G SPAR CLOSE E.

- NM1052/44. SUBSEQUENT CHARTING AMENDMENTS MADE IN SAME FILE BY NM'S 3619/45, 1472/48, 2894/48. H1207/44 9.11.45 LEAST DEPTH 7FMS. (COPENHAGEN NM 1853/45). H1207/44 7.7.48 LEAST DEPTH 6FMS 4FT. (COPENHAGEN NM 1101/48). H1207/44 1.5.49 LEAST DEPTH 8FMS. BUOY REMOVED. (COPENHAGEN NM 2099/48). H1207/44 21.11.57 LEAST DEPTH 13FMS. H6509/82 22.3.84 LEAST DEPTH NOW 24.6MTRS IN 561346N, 121129E. (COPENHAGEN NM 219/84). AMEND WK 24.5MTRS. BR STD. [WGD] POSN: 5613.734N, 1211.406E.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 56 13.734 N,12 11.406 E

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