This is the information page about the shipwreck Dortmund, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 13.25 N,2 44.321 E (51.1325, 2.5103667)
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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: DORTMUND
Year of registration: 1964
Water depth above wreck: 4 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm
Known since: 1964, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: H1085/64 12.5.64 DW IN 511320N, 024424E [EUR]. POSSIBLY THE WRECK OF 'BALANDBANK'. (OSTEND NM 9/102/64).
- NM 914/64. H1085/64 25.8.64 NOW WK 3MTRS [1FM 4FT]. (OSTEND NM 16/173/64). BR STD. 2.1.73 AMEND WK 3.1MTRS. NC 125. H1310/88/18 25.3.88 IDENTIFIED AS WK OF GERMAN ARMED TRAWLER DORTMUND. FOR'D PART LIES ON EVEN KEEL BUT REMAINDER IS VERY BROKEN UP. FRENCH 75MM GUN FOUND AND AUSTRIAN AMMUNITION. ALSO FRENCH AMMO DATED 1928. (J COULON, 10.3.88). H1310/88/28 10.6.88 THOUGHT POSSIBLY TO BE THE DORTMUND [EX DUTCH FV DE HOOP]. LIES E/W BUT NOT MUCH IS LEFT. BOW SECTION, WITH GUN, IS HIGHEST POINT. A FEW PLATES REMAIN STANDING PROUD AND MUCH DECKING IS LEVEL WITH SEABED. LEAST DEPTH IS ABOUT 4MTRS WITH A SCOUR TO 9MTRS AT W END. (D TERMOTE, 15.5.88). HH342/710/01 15.12.92 NOW WK SW 3.0MTRS IN 511318.3N, 024422.9E [EUR]. (OSTENDE NM 187/92). BR STD. 29.10.93 WK SW 3MTRS SHOWN ON BELGIUM 101 [1993 EDN]. NCA. 8.2.07 SHOWN AS WK SW 3.0MTRS IN 5113.250N, 0244.303E [WGD] ON BELGIAN [INT 1480] [JUN '06 EDN, ADOPTION]. NE 1873. SEP 2010/000138707 18.10.10 SHOWN AS SW 2.9MTRS [LAT] IN 5113.250N, 0244.321E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 102 [NE 1.6.10, 1:60,000].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: LITTLE REMAINS, HIGH POINT IS BOW WITH GUN
Position: 51 13.25 N,2 44.321 E