This is the information page about the shipwreck Explorer ii, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 56.871 N,12 35.599 E (55.24, 12.8013333)

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: EXPLORER II

Length 57.9 meter

Year of registration: 1971

Water depth above wreck: 19 meter

Known since: 1971, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H1160/59 23.6.71 WK 11.8 MTRS IN 545654N, 123536E MARKED BY G CAN BUOY GP.FL(2)G.10S CLOSE ENE. (DANISH NM 671(T)/71).

- NM 960T/71. H1160/59 27.1.72 BUOY REMOVED FROM WK 11.8MTRS IN 545654N, 123536E. (DANISH NM 1412, 1470/71). INS AS WK 6.2FMS.

- NM 253/72. 31.3.77 AMEND WK 11.8MTRS. NC 2365. 10.7.80 SHOWN AS SW 11.8MTRS ON DANISH 187. HH100/351/09 29.6.95 LIES ON A CHALKY BOTTOM, THE BOW IS EMBEDDED IN THE SEABED WITH THE REST SITTING IN A HOLE SCOURED OUT BY THE WRECK. IT STANDS 4MTRS PROUD LYING ON ITS STARBOARD SIDE AND IS ABOUT 60MTRS IN LENGTH. (EXERCISE BUOYANT DIAMOND). SEP 2015/000243843 2.12.15 SHOWN AS WK 16.6MTRS IN 5456.871N, 1235.599E [WGD] ON DK4GSMON [ED42.2, DTD 11.11.15]. AMEND TO DW 16.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ON STBD SIDE, IN A SCOUR HOLE

Position: 54 56.871 N,12 35.599 E

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