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 51 0.831 N,1 8.911 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. Afghanistan (probably)
2. Africa
3. Alcantara
4. Alice
5. Amplegarth
6. Angelus (possibly)
7. Argo
8. Argonaut
9. Atlantic (possibly)
10. Australier (probably)
11. Avoca
12. Bobby
13. Brandenburg
14. Cabo espartel
15. Ceta (stern section)
16. Charente
17. Christianssund
18. City of dresden (possibly)
19. Constanzia
20. Corhaven
21. De fontaine
22. Dinard
23. Dorothy j (possibly)
24. Durango
25. Efford
26. Eidsiva (probably)
27. Electra
28. Emma
29. Emma (possibly)
30. Empire lough (probably)
31. Empress of fort william (probably)
32. En avant
33. Enero (probably)
34. Eustratios (probably)
35. Excellence pleske
36. Falcon (probably)
37. Fearless
38. Flachsee
39. Flandres
40. G-asad
41. Grit (probably)
42. Grosser kurfurst
43. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
44. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
45. Halcyon
46. Henry moon
47. Heron
48. Hmhs anglia
49. Hms aragonite (part of)
50. Hms aragonite (part of)
51. Hms aries (possibly)
52. Hms blackwater
53. Hms brazen
54. Hms carlton
55. Hms city of dundee
56. Hms cleon
57. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
58. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
59. Hms ghurka
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 othello ii
68. Hms peridot
69. Hms rodino
70. Hms torbay ii (probably)
71. Hms war sepoy
72. Hms waterfly
73. Hms weigelia
74. Hmt gullfoss
75. Holland
76. Hydaspes (possibly)
77. Ilaro
78. Jacob luckenbach
79. James harrod
80. Jokai
81. Josephine willis
82. Kadru
83. Katharina kolkmann
84. Kielce
85. Kirsten skou
86. La somme (probably)
87. Lacer
88. Lady stella
89. Latona
90. Lcp(r) 1961 (possibly)
91. Le tregor
92. Leicester
93. Leila najia
94. Leo
95. Lighter 83
96. Lizzonia
97. Loanda
98. Lusitania
99. Maloja 1
100. Milbanke (probably)
101. Monarch
102. Morgenster
103. Mrav
104. Murillo
105. Naranco
106. Negrier
107. Newcastle
108. Niki
109. Norman
110. Northfleet
111. Nunima
112. Ocean king (possibly)
113. Ousel (probably)
114. Polgrange
115. Portslade (possibly)
116. Preussen
117. Pulborough
118. River levan
119. Roode zee (possibly)
120. Roseburn
121. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
122. Saint ronan (possibly)
123. Salbya (possibly)
124. Samida
125. Sea serpent
126. Seine
127. Shenandoah
128. Sierra bravia
129. Sir russell
130. Spanish prince
131. St cecilia
132. St claire (possibly)
133. Strathclyde
134. T s webb
135. Teeswood
136. Texaco caribbean (after section)
137. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
138. The queen
139. Tokufuku maru
140. Toward
141. Traquair (probably)
142. Trooper
143. U 8
144. Ub 103 (possibly)
145. Ub 108 (possibly)
146. Ub 109
147. Ub 31 ?
148. Ub 38
149. Ub 55 (probably)
150. Ub 56 (possibly)
151. Ub 58 (possibly)
152. Ub 78
153. Ub-33 (probably)
154. Uc 63
155. Uc 77 (possibly)
156. Unity
157. Vittoria claudia
158. W a scholten
159. Welsh belle
160. Wheatman (possibly)
161. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: GROSSER KURFURST

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

Cause: built in 1875 by wilhelmshaven dockyard, the german turret ironclad was a unit of a squadron of fourships commissioned on may 6th, 1878. she sank following a collision with german ironclad 'konig wilhelm' while on passage germany to turkish waters. 284 lives lost. (dods).

Year of registration: 1878

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 105 cm

Known since: 1878, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H6496/15 27.12.15 INS WK 13FMS IN 510048N, 010854E.

- NM 1013/15 & NM 1270/15. H6345/26 4.11.26 INS AS NDW (1915). H6962/30 20.10.30 LOCATED BY OROPESA SWEEP AT DEPTH 59FT. DRIFT SWEEP CLEAR AT 42FT. WK APPARENTLY LYING ON ITS SIDE. POSN BY HSA. (HMS KELLETT, 16.10.30). AMEND TO WK 7FMS.

- NM ACTION. H2492/59 13.8.59 LOCATED BY SONAR. (HMS SHACKLETON, 1959). H5824/60 2.3.61 LEAST E/S DEPTH 44FT. POSN BY HSA. (HMS SCOTT, 23.3.60). H6962/30 7.11.61 DRIFT SWEPT CLEAR AT 41FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 42 IN GEN DEPTH 81FT. (HMS SCOTT, 19.4.61). H6962/30 18.1.62 INS G CAN BUOY, GPFL(2)10S, 2 CABLES S. (TH NM 100/61).

- NM 80/62. H2698/62 26.3.63 NOW CHARTED AS SW 6FMS 5FT [LAT]. NC 1892. H5824/60 30.9.63 WK DISPERSED AND CLEAR TO LEAST DEPTH OF 45FT. (TH, 25.7.63). AMEND TO SW 7FMS 3FT.

- NM 2032/63. 10.9.73 NOW CHARTED AS SW 13MTRS. NC 1892. H4199/78 29.9.78 EXAM'D 19.10.77 IN 510048N, 010902E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.5 IN GEN DEPTH 24.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 26.4MTRS. DCS3 HT 11MTRS, LENGTH 122MTRS. LIES 120/300DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H1310/82/40 22.12.82 DIVED ON IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS, WHICH RESTRICTED VISIBILITY. A SUBSTANTIAL WK. ONLY IMPRESSION GAINED IS A MASS OF BUCKLED STEEL PLATES. VERY DANGEROUS FOR INEXPERIENCED DIVERS. (P G WEATHERLEY, 11.12.82). H1310/84/39 12.11.84 DIVED ON TWICE THIS YEAR. VERY LARGE WK. BOW SECTION UPSIDE-DOWN. NO DEFINITE IDENTIFICATION, BUT THOUGHT TO BE THE 'GROSSER KURFURST'. (P G WEATHERLY, 12.11.84). H3947/88 25.5.89 LOCATED 13.4.89 BUT NOT EXAM'D. DCS3 HT 9.7MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS. (HMS ROEBUCK, HI 469). NCA HH090/711/01 22.1.97 EXAM'D 12.8.96 IN 510049N, 010854E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 14.4, FOUL 14.7MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.5 IN GEN DEPTH 23.1MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 8.5MTRS. LENGTH 100MTRS, WIDTH 40MTRS. LIES 090/270DEGS. ONE DISTINCT PIECE, APPARENLY UPRIGHT. NO DEBRIS. (NP 1006, HI 711). AMEND TO SW 14.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2016/000091764 19.4.17 EXAM'D 22.7.16 IN 5100.831N, 0108.911E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 13.73MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS, LENGTH 91.9MTRS, WIDTH 17.2MTRS, HEIGHT 8.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 105/285 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 350MTRS, 4.7MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 050 DEGS. WK LARGELY INTACT & PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1497). AMEND TO DW 13.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN. 21.8.20 SMS GROSSER KURFURST (1875) LOCATED IN 5100.831N, 0108.911E [WGD] HAS BEEN AWARDED SCHEDULED MONUMENT STATUS (The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979), DTD 27/5/2020. LIST ENTRY NUMBER 1466825. ADD "HISTORIC" TO STATUS AND REST'D AREA RADIUS 55MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LARGELY INTACT & PARTIALLY BURIED. Rest'D area radius 55m.

Position: 51 0.831 N,1 8.911 E

 

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