Wreck: Grosser kurfurst (Battleship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Grosser kurfurst, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 53.816 N,3 11.062 W (58.896933, -3.184367)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: GROSSER KURFURST
Length 176.8 meter, width: 29.6 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 25390 ton
Cause: scuttled.
Year of registration: 1919
Water depth above wreck: 30 meter
Known since: 1919, last detected: 2010
Details measurements/cartography: H8464/19 DWP (1919), LEAST DEPTH 5FMS, SHOWN IN 585352N, 031006W ON SURVEY [C7953]. INS AS DWP 5FMS (1919). BR STD. H62229/23 13.7.23 INS ON NE 3729. NM TO BRING SCALES INTO LINE.
- NM 1523/23. H5373/31 25.7.31 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK IS NOW 6.25FMS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H5326/33 29.6.34 WILL POSSIBLY BE SALVED. SOLD TO METAL INDUSTRIES LTD. H3348/35 20.8.35 NO WORK PROCEEDING YET (20.8.35), BUT WRECK MENTIONED IN LETTER IN H3348/35. (KHM INVERGORDON). H2294/37 16.4.37 OPERATION COMMENCED. (KHM INVERGORDON). - TNM 585/37. H2294/37 5.5.38 RECOMMEND POSN BE CHARTED AS FOUL ANCHORAGE. (KHM INVERGORDON). AMENDED TO FOUL ANCHORAGE (1938)
- NM 947/38. H2294/37 20.5.38 NOW DISPERSED OFF LYNESS. (METAL INDUSTRIES LTD). 29.4.38 RAISED 29.4.38. (JUTLAND TO JUNKYARD, S.C. GEORGE). 16.10.79 NOW CHARTED AS FOUL GROUND. NC 35. 29.1.05 LEGEND: 'FOUL GROUND' SHOWN BETWEEN ON 5953.804N, 0310.231W [WGD] ON BA 35 [EDN 5 DTD 27.3.03]. 7.10.10 LOCATED BY M/B IN LISTED POSN WHICH IS EAST END OF SCOUR. (FATHOMS LTD, POST SDC BATHY REPROCESSING). COVERED BY LEGEND 'FOUL GROUND'. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: SEE CHART FOR LIMITS OF LEGEND
Position: 58 53.816 N,3 11.062 W
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