This is the information page about the shipwreck Gluckauf (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 48.935 N,0 33.951 E (53.6109, 0.26485)

 

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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.

 

1. Ac 9
2. Acklamd (possibly)
3. Airdrie (possibly)
4. Audacity
5. B o borjesson
6. Benmacdhui
7. Box hill
8. British councillor
9. British prince
10. Briton (possibly)
11. Catford
12. Cecil (possibly)
13. Corhampton
14. Corinth (possibly)
15. Corland
16. Diana
17. Edith (possibly)
18. Fermo
19. Flashlight (probably)
20. Flourish
21. Fowberry tower (part)
22. Fowberry tower (part)
23. Giuseppe
24. Gluckauf (possibly)
25. Grangemouth
26. Harnis (probably)
27. Hms benvolio
28. Hms botanic
29. Hms cortina
30. Hms dervish
31. Hms egret
32. Hms falcon (stern section)
33. Hms kos xvi (probably)
34. Hms lormont
35. Hms princess victoria
36. Hms strathborve (part)
37. Hms susarion
38. Hms warland (possibly)
39. Homer
40. Horsted
41. Hugh taylor
42. Ightham (possibly)
43. Inge marguerite (possibly)
44. Ionic (probably)
45. Jane (possibly)
46. Janet helen (possibly)
47. Jersey (probably)
48. Katina bulgari
49. Keynes
50. Kieldrecht (possibly)
51. Kimberley (possibly)
52. Kingston cameo
53. Kyma
54. Ladas (possibly)
55. Lady anstruther (probably)
56. Lancaster (possibly)
57. Laurel (possibly)
58. Leonora
59. Lifeguard (possibly)
60. Lightship no 83
61. Lismore
62. London
63. Lottie (possibly)
64. Lucerne
65. Maggie
66. Magnolia
67. Merchiston
68. Modig
69. Modiva (possibly)
70. Nautilus
71. Norfolk (possibly)
72. Norfolk coast
73. Ophir ii (possibly)
74. Orsa
75. Pilsudski
76. Portia
77. Rado (possibly)
78. Rayford
79. Realf
80. Revello
81. Revi
82. Revigo (possibly)
83. Rhuys
84. Rievaulx abbey
85. Rochester (possibly)
86. Royston
87. Schieland (possibly)
88. Scotia (possibly)
89. Scotia (possibly)
90. Sea pearl
91. Shepherd lad
92. Sota eduardo
93. Stylianos chandris
94. Thessaly
95. Two brothers
96. Uc 47
97. Umbe
98. Varangmalm (possibly)
99. Vechstroom
100. Vereingte (possibly)
101. Virginian
102. Wayside flower (possibly)
103. William balls (probably)
104. Winga

 

Name: GLUCKAUF (POSSIBLY)

Length 81.1 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1915 ton

Cause: ex-rondo. built in 1912 by s p austin & son, sunderland. owned at time of loss by gluckauf kohenhandelsges. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 199hp, single shaft. machinery by g clarke & co ltd, sunderland. passage immingham for rostock. cargo coal. struck the wreck of 'katine bulgaris' and sank about 20miles ne from spurn head.

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 37 meter, Height above seabed: 60 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 20160406

Details measurements/cartography: H0953/40 20.2.41 LOCATED IN POSN 534912N, 003400E. DEPTH OVER WK 12 FMS. (HMS FRANKLIN SEP/OCT 1940).

- NM 350/41. 20.3.72 AMEND TO WK 22MTRS. NC 121. 9.5.74 AMEND TO WK 21.3 MTRS [LAT]. NC 121. H4064/85 27.8.86 LOCATED AND EXAM'D IN 534855N, 003403E [OGB] USNG SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 26.5MTRS, FOUL AT 26.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 27MTRS. DCS3 LENGTH 130MTRS, BEAM 13MTRS. LYING 055/235 DEGS. (UDI GROUP LTD, HI 321A).

- NM 2646/86. H4064/85 13.1.87 EXAM'D 26.6.86 IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2MTRS. DCS3 HT 10MTRS. HAS TWO HIGH POINTS, THE SHOALER BEING NEAR THE SW END OF WK. (UDI, H525A). NFA. 7.4.05 DIVED TWO YEARS AGO. REPORTED AS BEING THE BOW SECTION OF A SHIP, ON ITS PORT SIDE. (R YOUNG). NCA. SEP 2016/000053291 9.10.16 EXAM'D 6.4.16; IN 5348.935N, 0033.951E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 26.87MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS, LENGTH 139.1MTRS, WIDTH 37.0MTRS, HEIGHT 9.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 060/240 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 80MTRS, TOWARD 330 DEGS. WRECK SITS ON ITS STARBOARD SIDE, COLLAPSED IN THE CENTRE WITH BOW AND STERN INTACT.STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1473). RETAIN 26.5MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Wk partially inatct

Position: 53 48.935 N,0 33.951 E

 

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