This is the information page about the shipwreck Dresden, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 52.96 N,3 8.481 W (58.882667, -3.141350)

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: DRESDEN

Length 151.5 meter, width: 14.3 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 5300 ton

Cause: scuttled in scapa flow.

Year of registration: 1919

Water depth above wreck: 27 meter, Height above seabed: 115 cm

Known since: 1919, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H8464/19 DWP, LEAST DEPTH 8FMS, IN 585258N, 030823W ON SURVEY [C7953]. BR STD. H6229/23 10.9.23 INS ON 2581, 2180

- NM BLOCK 1523/23. H3402/59 29.6.59 INS AS WK 8FMS. NC 2179. H(W)395/58 22.2.61 ENQUIRY FROM NUNDY (MARINE METALS) LTD RE PURCHASE OF WK. (CP56924/60). H622/61 28.6.61 HISTORICAL SECTION CAN FIND NO REFERENCE TO A DRESDEN IN SCAPA FLOW. (CP57151/60). H(W)395/58 6.11.62 SALVAGE RIGHTS SOLD FOR ú200 TO MESSRS NUNDY (MARINE METALS) LTD. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H3402/59 31.1.67 4 UNLIT BUOYS LAID IN VICINITY. (CUSTOMS KIRKWALL). TNM ISSUED. H3402/59 13.10.69 REPD 1.5C NW OF CHARTED POSN. (HMS ULSTER, HN 16/69 DTD 14.9.69). H3402/59 29.10.69 SALVAGE OPS COMPLETED FOR THE MOMENT. (NUNDY (MARINE METALS) LTD). TNM 1630/68 CANCELLED. 28.9.70 SALVAGE TO TAKE PLACE AT INTERVALS OVER NEXT 5 YEARS BY NUNDY MARINE METALS LTD. (N/CP 55598/69). H3402/59 THIS WK IS CALLED THE KONIG BY MESSRS NUNDY (MARINE METALS) LTD. WHILST HO RECORDS GIVE KONIG AS WK 0.5M NW IN 585313N, 030907W. H2017/72 2.3.74 POSN CONFIRMED AS 585258N, 030823W IN ABOUT 90FT. (HUNTING SURVEYS). H1287/75 15.10.75 THIS SHIP IS STILL ALMOST INTACT, THERE HAS NOT BEEN MUCH SALVAGE WORK DONE TO DATE. (CPO DUNFORD, RAF LINCOLN 15.8.75). 2.12.77 INS AS DWP 14.3MTRS IN 585258.8N, 030821.8W. NC 35. H622/61 21.10.77 SALVAGE RIGHTS FOR PERIOD ENDING 31.12.82 SOLD TO SCAPA FLOW SALVAGE LTD. (DNC LTR DTD 15.7.77). H1696/36 20.8.79 TO BE SALVAGED BY UNDERSEA ASSOCIATES LTD. (LL, 15.8.79). H4682/75 20.10.81 LEASE ON SALVAGE TRANSFERED TO CLARK DIVING SERVICES. (N/CP53529/75). 15.1.82 VIRTUALLY COMPLETE. LYING ON STBD SIDE WITH HEIGHT 13MTRS ABOVE BOTTOM. GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. BRIDGE AND HULL CAN BE ENTERED WITH CARE. BELL RAISED AUG 1980 BY W RIDING SAC AND PRESENTED TO STROMNESS MUSEUM. (BSAC WK REGISTER, VOL 4). H1310/82/23 9.9.82 LIES ON SIDE ACROSS 30MTR CONTOUR. COVERED IN FINE SILT. MAST WITH RIGGING & CROWS NEST FOUND. SIDE GUN TURRET SIGHTED. (R GOOD, 13.8.82). H4682/75 17.9.85 MOD SALVAGE LEASING CONTRACT NOW TIME EXPIRED. OWNERSHIP TO BE TRANSFERRED TO ORKNEY ISLANDS COUNCIL. (LM NRE31B/2290, 29.8.85). 7.12.01 LYING ON PORT SIDE. BOW INTACT. (DIVER MAGAZINE JUNE 2000). HH268/440/05 17.4.02 REST'D AREA RADIUS 250MTRS CENTRED ON 5852.943N, 0308.455W [WGD] DESIGNATED UNDER ANCIENT MONUMENTS AND ARCHAEOLOGIAL AREA ACT 1979. (HISTORIC SCOTLAND, LTD DTD 22.3.02 AND EMAIL DTD 16.4.02).

- NM 2261/02. SEP 2008/000078193 7.10.08 SHOW AS WK 12.2MTRS IN 5852.979N, 0308.525W [WGD] ON SCIMITAR SURVEY 2001. NO OTHER DETAILS KNOWN. NCA. 7.10.10 EXAM'D IN 5852.9603N, 0308.4806W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.69MTRS. (FATHOMS LTD, POST SDC BATHY REPROCESSING). AMEND WK 16.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: VIRTUALLY COMPLETE, ON STBD SIDE

Position: 58 52.96 N,3 8.481 W

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