This is the information page about the shipwreck Grosser kurfurst (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 2.31 N,1 12.606 E (51.075983333333, 1.4147)

 

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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. Admiral gardner
2. Africa
3. Alcantara
4. Alice
5. Amplegarth
6. Angelus (possibly)
7. Atlantic (possibly)
8. Avoca
9. Bobby
10. Brandenburg
11. Bravore
12. Brendonia
13. Cabo espartel
14. Charente
15. Christianssund
16. City of dresden (possibly)
17. Colbert
18. Constanzia
19. Corhaven
20. De fontaine
21. Dinard
22. Dorothy j (possibly)
23. Efford
24. Eidsiva (probably)
25. Electra
26. Eleonora
27. Emma
28. Emma (possibly)
29. Empire lough (probably)
30. Empress of fort william (probably)
31. En avant
32. Eustratios (probably)
33. Excellence pleske
34. Falcon (probably)
35. Fearless
36. Flachsee
37. Flandres
38. Francesco ciampa
39. G-asad
40. Gad 23
41. Grit (probably)
42. Grosser kurfurst
43. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
44. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
45. Halcyon
46. Harcalo
47. Henry moon
48. Heron
49. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
50. Hmhs anglia
51. Hms aragonite (part of)
52. Hms aragonite (part of)
53. Hms aries (possibly)
54. Hms artic trapper
55. Hms blackwater
56. Hms brazen
57. Hms carlton
58. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
59. Hms city of dundee
60. Hms cleon
61. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
62. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
63. Hms glen boyne
64. Hms kingston galena
65. Hms lydian
66. Hms marcella
67. Hms myrmidon
68. Hms napia
69. Hms niger (possibly)
70. Hms northumberland (probably)
71. Hms othello ii
72. Hms peridot
73. Hms restoration (possibly)
74. Hms rodino
75. Hms stirling castle (probably)
76. Hms torbay ii (probably)
77. Hms tranquil
78. Hms war sepoy
79. Hms weigelia
80. Hmsm b2
81. Hmt gullfoss
82. Holland
83. Hundvaag
84. Hydaspes (possibly)
85. Ilaro
86. Ira (possibly)
87. Jacob luckenbach
88. James harrod
89. Jokai
90. Josephine willis
91. Kabinda
92. Kadru
93. Katharina kolkmann
94. Kielce
95. Kirsten skou
96. Koenigshaven
97. L'armandeche
98. La somme (probably)
99. Lady stella
100. Latona
101. Lcp(r) 1961 (possibly)
102. Le tregor
103. Leicester
104. Leila najia
105. Leo
106. Lighter 83
107. Lizzonia
108. Loanda
109. Lusitania
110. Mahratta
111. Mahratta ii
112. Maloja 1
113. Malta (probably)
114. Merel (part of)(possibly)
115. Mersey
116. Milbanke (probably)
117. Monarch
118. Morgenster
119. Mrav
120. Murillo
121. Nancy moran
122. Naranco
123. Negrier
124. Newcastle
125. Niki
126. Norman
127. Northfleet
128. Nunima
129. Ocean king (possibly)
130. Ophelie
131. Ousel (probably)
132. Polgrange
133. Portslade (possibly)
134. Preussen
135. Pulborough
136. Revenge
137. River levan
138. Rochester castle (possibly)
139. Roode zee (possibly)
140. Roseburn
141. Rydal force
142. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
143. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
144. Sabac
145. Saint ronan (possibly)
146. Salbya (possibly)
147. Samida
148. Sea serpent
149. Seine
150. Shenandoah
151. Sierra bravia
152. Sir russell
153. Spanish prince
154. St cecilia
155. St claire (possibly)
156. Strathclyde
157. T s webb
158. Teeswood
159. Texaco caribbean (after section)
160. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
161. The queen
162. Tokufuku maru
163. Toward
164. Traquair (probably)
165. Trooper
166. U 11 (possibly)
167. U 16 (possibly)
168. U 8
169. Ub 103 (possibly)
170. Ub 108 (possibly)
171. Ub 109
172. Ub 12 (possibly)
173. Ub 31 ?
174. Ub 38
175. Ub 55 (probably)
176. Ub 56 (possibly)
177. Ub 58 (possibly)
178. Ub 78
179. Ub-33 (probably)
180. Uc 46 (possibly)
181. Uc 63
182. Uc 77 (possibly)
183. Unity
184. Vittoria claudia
185. W a scholten
186. Welsh belle
187. Wheatman (possibly)
188. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: GROSSER KURFURST (POSSIBLY)

Length 112.8 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 6663 ton

Cause: sank following a collision with german ironclad 'konig wilhelm' while trying to avoid two barques crossing in front of the squadron. sank within eight minutes with heavy loss of life. (dods). [see also wk 13432].

Year of registration: 1878

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 85 cm

Known since: 1878, last detected: 20160720

Details measurements/cartography: H1289/74/343 7.1.75 WAS LOCATED BY DIVERS SOON AFTER SINKING AND REPORTED TO BE LYING IN TWO PARTS - ONE PART BEING KEEL UPPERMOST. (DODS). [FILING POSN TAKEN FROM CHART 1895, DATED TO LARGE CORRECTION OCT 1883, WHICH SHOWS A WK OFF SANDGATE. THOUGHT TO BE THE 'GROSSER KURFURST' - SEE ALSO H1289/74/343]. H4199/78 30.8.78 WK LOCATED 27.2.78 IN 510218N, 011243E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. NOT EXAMINED CLOSELY DUE LACK OF TIME. DCS3 HT 2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22.4MTRS. OBVIOUSLY WELL SUNK INTO MUD SEABED. SONAR TRACE TOO VAGUE TO PERMIT LENGTH AND ORIENTATION ASSESSMENT. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). CHART AS WK 20MTRS. BR STD. HH090/921/01 29.11.00 NOT LOCATED BY DCS3, MAGNETOMETER OR E/S. GEN DEPTH 21.5MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 921). AMEND TO FOUL. BR STD. SEP 2016/000091764 19.4.17 EXAM'D 20.7.16 IN 5102.310N, 0112.606E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 20.11MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS, LENGTH 23.8MTRS, WIDTH 14.5MTRS, HEIGHT 1.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 085/265 DEGS. WK BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1497). AMEND TO DW 20.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: SMALL BURIED CONTACT

Position: 51 2.31 N,1 12.606 E

 

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