This is the information page about the shipwreck Dr rudolf wahrendorff, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 27.384 N,2 31.042 W (49.456400, -2.517367)

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: DR RUDOLF WAHRENDORFF

Year of registration: 1969

Water depth above wreck: 25 meter

Known since: 1970, last detected: 20150725

Details measurements/cartography: PREVIOUS RECORD MISSING. H4647/68 8.10.69 FOUL SHOWN ON BA 262B, NOT APPARENTLY LOCATED BY SCES SURVEY, 1968. H4647/68 1.7.70 WK WAS RE-DISCOVERED BY PLYMOUTH CLEARANCE DIVING TEAM AND FIXED IN CO-OPERATION WITH FSL WATERWITCH IN 492726.5N, 023058W USING HSA. LOCAL ARCHIVES STATE WK WAS ONCE FINNISH TRAWLER 'PRINCE RUPERT', BUILT 1928, AND TAKEN OVER BY GERMANS & RENAMED 'DOCTOR RUDOLPH WAHRENDORFF'. PLYMOUTH CLEARANCE DIVING TEAM REMOVED FROM WK: 20 FOUR INCH SHELLS, 17 CORDITE CARTRIDGES, 457 20MM SHELLS, & 105 40MM SHELLS DURING PERIOD 17-25.5.70. THE SHIP'S CABLE HAD FOULED THE WK. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.8MTRS. WK STANDS 9.8MTRS HIGH, LENGTH 170FT. (FSL WATERWITCH).

- NM 1165/70. H4647/68 15.12.70 EXAMINED IN 492726N, 033058W [EUR], OR 089.25DEGS, 2130FT WHITE ROCK LT USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR 15.4MTRS, FOUL 15.8MTRS. GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. SCOUR 25.6MTRS. SEABED OF SHELL & FINE SAND. (SCES, 25.8.70).

- NM 47/71. H1271/71 1.11.71 REPORTED AS 'PRINZ RUDOLF'. STILL INTACT. 120FT TO DECK. STILL CONTAINS AMMUNTION, ONE HOLD FULL OF BOMBS. (CHANNEL IS. SALVAGE CO). NCA. 13.5.04 [WGD] POSN: 4927.382N, 0231.047W. NE 3140. SEP 2014/000130511 9.10.14 SHOWN AS WK 18.6MTRS ON GUERNSEY WATER SURVEY DTD 3.3.14 - 15.3.14. AMEND WK 18.6MTRS. 16.2.15 DEPTH SHOWN IN GUERNSEY WATER SURVEY NOT CONSIDERED TO BE THE LEAST DEPTH. RETAIN PREVIOUS DEPTH. (A WINTERBOTTOM, BDC). AMEND SW 15.4MTRS. SEP 2015/000230440 19.11.15 EXAM'D 29.07.15, IN 4927.384N, 0231.042W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 17MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. LENGTH 48MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS, HT 7MTRS. OREINTATION 100/280 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 14MTRS, DEPTH 2MTRS, ORIENTATION 112 DEGS. (HMSML GLEANER SNT02/15). AMEND TO DW 17MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 27.384 N,2 31.042 W

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