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 (51.0759833, 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. Cabo espartel
13. Charente
14. Christianssund
15. City of dresden (possibly)
16. Colbert
17. Constanzia
18. Corhaven
19. De fontaine
20. Dinard
21. Efford
22. Eidsiva (probably)
23. Electra
24. Eleonora
25. Emma
26. Emma (possibly)
27. Empire lough (probably)
28. Empress of fort william (probably)
29. En avant
30. Eustratios (probably)
31. Excellence pleske
32. Falcon (probably)
33. Fearless
34. Flachsee
35. Flandres
36. Francesco ciampa
37. G-asad
38. Gad 23
39. Grit (probably)
40. Grosser kurfurst
41. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
42. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
43. Halcyon
44. Harcalo
45. Henry moon
46. Heron
47. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
48. Hmhs anglia
49. Hms aragonite (part of)
50. Hms aries (possibly)
51. Hms artic trapper
52. Hms blackwater
53. Hms brazen
54. Hms carlton
55. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
56. Hms city of dundee
57. Hms cleon
58. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
59. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
60. Hms glen boyne
61. Hms kingston galena
62. Hms lydian
63. Hms marcella
64. Hms myrmidon
65. Hms napia
66. Hms niger (possibly)
67. Hms northumberland (probably)
68. Hms othello ii
69. Hms peridot
70. Hms restoration (possibly)
71. Hms rodino
72. Hms stirling castle (probably)
73. Hms torbay ii (probably)
74. Hms tranquil
75. Hms war sepoy
76. Hms weigelia
77. Hmsm b2
78. Hmt gullfoss
79. Holland
80. Hundvaag
81. Hydaspes (possibly)
82. Ilaro
83. Ira (possibly)
84. Jacob luckenbach
85. James harrod
86. Jokai
87. Josephine willis
88. Kabinda
89. Kadru
90. Katharina kolkmann
91. Kielce
92. Kirsten skou
93. Koenigshaven
94. L'armandeche
95. La somme (probably)
96. Lady stella
97. Latona
98. Le tregor
99. Leicester
100. Leila najia
101. Leo
102. Lizzonia
103. Loanda
104. Lusitania
105. Mahratta
106. Mahratta ii
107. Maloja 1
108. Malta (probably)
109. Merel (part of)(possibly)
110. Mersey
111. Milbanke (probably)
112. Monarch
113. Morgenster
114. Mrav
115. Murillo
116. Nancy moran
117. Naranco
118. Negrier
119. Newcastle
120. Niki
121. Norman
122. Northfleet
123. Nunima
124. Ophelie
125. Ousel (probably)
126. Polgrange
127. Portslade (possibly)
128. Preussen
129. Pulborough
130. Revenge
131. River levan
132. Rochester castle (possibly)
133. Roode zee (possibly)
134. Roseburn
135. Rydal force
136. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
137. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
138. Sabac
139. Saint ronan (possibly)
140. Salbya (possibly)
141. Samida
142. Sea serpent
143. Seine
144. Shenandoah
145. Sierra bravia
146. Sir russell
147. St cecilia
148. Strathclyde
149. T s webb
150. Teeswood
151. Texaco caribbean (after section)
152. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
153. The queen
154. Tokufuku maru
155. Toward
156. Traquair (probably)
157. Trooper
158. U 11 (possibly)
159. U 16 (possibly)
160. U 8
161. Ub 103 (possibly)
162. Ub 108 (possibly)
163. Ub 109
164. Ub 31 ?
165. Ub 38
166. Ub 55 (probably)
167. Ub 56 (possibly)
168. Ub 58 (possibly)
169. Ub 78
170. Ub-33 (probably)
171. Uc 46 (possibly)
172. Uc 63
173. Uc 77 (possibly)
174. Unity
175. Vittoria claudia
176. W a scholten
177. Welsh belle
178. Wheatman (possibly)
179. 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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