This is the information page about the shipwreck Ernst friesecke, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 54.96 N,0 42.1 W (58.1247, -0.90185)

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: ERNST FRIESECKE

Length 56.1 meter, width: 8.5 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 498 ton
Load: coal

Cause: developed heavy list after engine trouble in bad weather, whilst en route gdansk to buckie with cargo of coal. vessel capsized & was abandoned after being taken in tow by hms keppel.

Year of registration: 1972

Water depth above wreck: 90 meter

Known since: 1972

Details measurements/cartography: H1270/72 20.3.72 H1270/72 20.3.72 SANK IN PA 575500N, 004200W [EUR]. (HMS KEPPEL, SIGNAL DTD 4.3.72). INS AS NDWPA. BR STD. 1.12.99 1.12.99 RECORD REVIEWED. AMEND TO USCPA 70MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 57 54.96 N,0 42.1 W

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