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 (51.0759833, 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. 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. Durango
24. Efford
25. Eidsiva (probably)
26. Electra
27. Emma
28. Emma (possibly)
29. Empire lough (probably)
30. Empress of fort william (probably)
31. En avant
32. Enero (probably)
33. Eustratios (probably)
34. Excellence pleske
35. Falcon (probably)
36. Fearless
37. Flachsee
38. Flandres
39. G-asad
40. Grit (probably)
41. Grosser kurfurst
42. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
43. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
44. Halcyon
45. Henry moon
46. Heron
47. Hmhs anglia
48. Hms aragonite (part of)
49. Hms aries (possibly)
50. Hms blackwater
51. Hms brazen
52. Hms carlton
53. Hms city of dundee
54. Hms cleon
55. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
56. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
57. Hms ghurka
58. Hms glen boyne
59. Hms kingston galena
60. Hms lydian
61. Hms marcella
62. Hms myrmidon
63. Hms napia
64. Hms niger (possibly)
65. Hms othello ii
66. Hms peridot
67. Hms rodino
68. Hms torbay ii (probably)
69. Hms war sepoy
70. Hms waterfly
71. Hms weigelia
72. Hmt gullfoss
73. Holland
74. Hydaspes (possibly)
75. Ilaro
76. Jacob luckenbach
77. James harrod
78. Jokai
79. Josephine willis
80. Kadru
81. Katharina kolkmann
82. Kielce
83. Kirsten skou
84. La somme (probably)
85. Lacer
86. Lady stella
87. Latona
88. Le tregor
89. Leicester
90. Leila najia
91. Leo
92. Lizzonia
93. Loanda
94. Lusitania
95. Maloja 1
96. Milbanke (probably)
97. Monarch
98. Morgenster
99. Mrav
100. Murillo
101. Naranco
102. Negrier
103. Newcastle
104. Niki
105. Norman
106. Northfleet
107. Nunima
108. Ousel (probably)
109. Polgrange
110. Portslade (possibly)
111. Preussen
112. Pulborough
113. River levan
114. Roode zee (possibly)
115. Roseburn
116. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
117. Saint ronan (possibly)
118. Salbya (possibly)
119. Samida
120. Sea serpent
121. Seine
122. Shenandoah
123. Sierra bravia
124. Sir russell
125. St cecilia
126. Strathclyde
127. T s webb
128. Teeswood
129. Texaco caribbean (after section)
130. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
131. The queen
132. Tokufuku maru
133. Toward
134. Traquair (probably)
135. Trooper
136. U 8
137. Ub 103 (possibly)
138. Ub 108 (possibly)
139. Ub 109
140. Ub 31 ?
141. Ub 38
142. Ub 55 (probably)
143. Ub 56 (possibly)
144. Ub 58 (possibly)
145. Ub 78
146. Ub-33 (probably)
147. Uc 63
148. Uc 77 (possibly)
149. Unity
150. Vittoria claudia
151. W a scholten
152. Welsh belle
153. Wheatman (possibly)
154. 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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