This is the information page about the shipwreck Gneisenau, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 38.582 N,12 25.718 E (54.707416666667, 12.408433333333)

 

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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. Alida (or elida)
2. Asturias
3. Biene
4. Capella
5. Conmark
6. Eva marie
7. Explorer ii
8. Fremad
9. Furstin marie
10. Gneisenau
11. Harald (probably)
12. Heike
13. Hersing
14. Ida
15. Johnny
16. Julius madsen
17. Jykta (or jytka)
18. K.f.k.99 (possibly)
19. Kristian russ
20. Link one
21. Margareta
22. Marie
23. Niels
24. Patria
25. Poul carl
26. Sand trans
27. Secunda
28. Thommas wick
29. Tina jack

 

Name: GNEISENAU

Length 190.5 meter, width: 22.6 meter, draught: 12.5, tonnage 18160 ton

Cause: built 1935 by deutsche schiff, u maschinbau ag weser. owned at time of loss by norddeutscher lloyd. 4333 nhp turbine engines. struck a mine s of lolland and sank. (dods). was being used as an armed troop transport and/or an accommodation vessel. (die deutschen kriegsschiffe, vol.5).

Year of registration: 1946

Water depth above wreck: 17 meter

Known since: 1946, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H749/46 5.3.46 DW IN 543820N, 122551E. MARKED BY G CAN, OCC G 4S, LAID CLOSE S. (HAMBURG NM 21/884/45).

- NM 834/46. H749/46 5.6.46 AMENDED TO ST, WITH G CAN BUOY, S TOPMARK (HAMBURG NMS 268,269,270/46).

- NM 1919/46. H5666/50 11.9.50 FL LT ESTABLISHED ON WK. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 1767/50. H5666/50 26.7.51 LT ON WK REMOVED. G CON, FL, ESTABLISHED CLOSE S. (HMS INDOMITABLE, HN).

- NM 1376/51 20.5.52 WK TO BE SALVAGED IN 1952. (N.I.D. 04261/52). NCA. H5666/50 22.10.52 WK NO LONGER SHOWS. AMENDED TO DW. (HAMBURG NM 3126/52).

- NM 2149/52. H5666/50 1.7.55 4 BLACK BUOYS LAID TEMPORARILY. (DANISH NM 815(T)/55). NCA. H5666/50 27.1.56 BLACK BUOYS REMOVED. (DANISH NM 1818/55). NCA. H5666/50 13.2.56 LT BUOY TEMP EXTINGUISHED. (MARINE DEPT, COPENHAGEN). H2810/56 9.5.56 NOW MARKED BY G CONL BUOY, GP FL(2) G. (BELL). (DANISH CHART).

- NM 1096/56. H5666/50 2.7.56 4 BLACK BUOYS LAID TEMPORARILY. (DANISH NM 744(T)/56). NCA. H5666/50 5.2.57 LEAST DEPTH NOW 12.8MTRS [7FMS]. BUOYS DELETED. (DANISH NMS 1451/56, 1713/56).

- NM 141/57. H1160/59 18.10.61 LEAST DEPTH NOW 12MTRS [6FMS 3FT]. (DANISH NM 1229/61).

- NM 2095/61. H1160/59 2.10.64 AMENDED TO WK SW 12MTRS IN 543843N, 122542E. (HAMBURG NM 3439/64).

- NM 1850/64. 4.2.72 DISPERSED TO 16MTRS IN 543830N, 122602E. (DANISH WK RECORD NO.438226). NCA YET. H3729/69 19.2.75 LEAST DEPTH NOW 15MTRS [8FMS 1FT]. (DANISH NM 173/75). BR STD. 28.5.76 SHOWN AS WK SW 14.9MTRS [8FMS 1FT] IN 543835N, 122545E. ON POLISH 162 [1976]. NCA. 1.4.77 NOW WK SW 14.5MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 2365. HH327/510/01 24.9.93 AMENDED TO WK SW 16.1MTRS. (HAMBURG NM (16)40/36/93).

- NM 3461/93. SEP 2015/000243843 2.12.15 SHOWN AS FOUL IN 5438.582N, 1225.718E ON GERMAN 163 [ED16 NOV 2015, COR 6.11.15]. AMEND TO FOUL IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 38.582 N,12 25.718 E

 

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