Wreck: Hanau (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Hanau, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 31.122 N,10 28.259 E (54.5425667, 10.587)
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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: HANAU
Length 137.2 meter, width: 17.7 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 5892 ton
Cause: Built 1921 by blohm & voss. owned at time of loss by the hamburg, amerika line. turbine engines 882nhp. struck a mine & sank in the fehmarn belt. (dods).
Year of registration: 1945
Water depth above wreck: 16 meter
Known since: 1945, last detected: 2022
Details measurements/cartography: H2709/45 9.6.45 STRANDED WK IN 543111N, 102817E. (ADMIRALTY).
- NM 1601/45. H751/46 15.3.46 WK NOW MARKED BY G CONL LT BUOY OCC.G.4S CLOSE S. (HAMBURG NM 884/45).
- NM 918/46. H751/46 31.12.46 LT BUOY AMENDED TO OCC.G.2S & BELL DELETED. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).
- NM 4159/46. H751/46 17.12.47 NOW MARKED BY G CAN BUOY FL.G.6S CLOSE N. (HAMBURG NM 2068/47).
- NM 3248/47. H3245/49 21.7.49 AMENDED TO DW. (HAMBURG NM 895/49).
- NM 1213/49. H3245/49 10.2.50 AMENDED TO DW (MASTS). (HAMBURG NM 78/50). BR STD. H3245/49 30.6.50 DELETE LEGEND (MASTS). (HAMBURG NM 959/50). BR STD. H685/51 20.6.53 SALVAGE OPERATIONS TAKING PLACE. (HAMBURG NM 2007/53). NCA. H685/51 5.4.54 AMENDED TO WK 12.8MTRS [7FMS]. BUOYS REMOVED. (HAMBURG NM 247/58).
- NM 761/54. H685/51 14.4.59 AMENDED TO WK SW 10.5MTRS [5FMS 4FT]. (HAMBURG NM 4826/58).
- NM 420/59. H3245/49 26.8.64 AMENDED TO WK SW 12.0MTRS. (HAMBURG NM 3042/64). BR STD. 4.3.69 SHOWN AS WK SW 12.0 MTRS IN 543107N, 102817E GERMAN 32,43. NC 33. SEP 2015/000077455 15.4.16 WK SW 12.4MTRS IN 5431.122N, 1028.259E [WGD] SHOWN IN GERMAN 30. [ED 13, CORR TO 11/03/16]. AMEND TO SW 12.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 54 31.122 N,10 28.259 E
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