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