This is the information page about the shipwreck Hedwig lunstedt, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 35.701 N,0 41.39 W (50.6523667, -0.6161833)

 

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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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Name: HEDWIG LUNSTEDT

Length 60.4 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 424 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: Built in 1963 by schiffsw j j sietas, hamburg. owned at time of loss by johannes & werner. 6 cylinder oil engine, single shaft. passage rotterdam for cork. cargo iron ore. sank in gale force wind and mountainous seas after reporting shift of cargo. crew of 8 lost. (ll & sibi).

Year of registration: 1974

Water depth above wreck: 30 meter, Height above seabed: 18 cm

Known since: 1974, last detected: 20180207

Details measurements/cartography: 29.1.74 SUNK NEAR OWERS LTV. (LLOYDS 215). 2.2.74 UNCHARTED WK LOCATED NEAR LAST REPORTED POSN OF THIS CASUALTY BY TWO BRITISH WARSHIPS. WK MARKED & DIVERS WILL MAKE POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION ASAP. (LLOYDS 215). H1270/74 13.2.74 DW IN APPROX 503515N, 004045W. VESSELS RECOMMENDED TO KEEP AT LEAST 2M OFF OWERS LIGHTFLOAT. (HAMBURG NM 544(T)/74).

- NM 370(T)/74. H2318/74 18.3.74 WK LOCATED 000DEGS, 1.5M FROM OWERS LIGHTFLOAT. BELIEVED TO BE 'HEDWIG LUNSTEDT'. BOWS 25DEGS. NOT YET POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED [SUSPECTED THAT 180DEGS FROM OWERS LIGHTFLOAT INSTEAD]. (H N NURTON). H2318/74 8.4.74 CONFIRMED 000DEGS, 1.5M FROM OWERS LIGHTFLOAT. (H N NURTON, 21.3.74). CHART AS DW.

- NM 807/74. H1284/75 20.5.75 REPORTED THAT THE 'HEDWIG LUNSTEDT' IS 1.5M SOUTH OF OWERS LTV. WK LIES NE/SW ON PORT SIDE 20FT HIGH IN 100FT. (R TODD, SPITHEAD SALVAGE MARINE LTD, 20.7.75). H2318/74 28.8.75 LOCATED 26.6.75, EXAM'D 30.6.75 IN 503540N, 004120W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 29.2MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 30MTRS. REPORTED BY SPITHEAD MARINE SALVAGE CO. TO BE LYING ON HER PORT SIDE WITH BOWS N. (SCES, H525 DTD 30.6.75, HI NO SUPP 102/75). CONFIRMED FROM MR TODD (SPITHEAD MARINE SALVAGE) THAT THIS IS THE 'HEDWIG LUNSTEDT'. AMEND TO WK 21.6MTRS [11FMS 5FT] IN REVISED POSN.

- NM BLOCK 980/76. H4822/75 23.3.77 SWEPT BY SCES 18.10.76 IN 503538N, 004118W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. CLEARED AT 21.5MTRS, FOUL AT 21.6MTRS. LYING APPROX 010/190DEGS, IN GEN DEPTHS OF 26MTRS. (FSL WATERWITCH, HI 73/76). AMEND TO SW 21.5MTRS [11FMS 4FT], RETAIN CHARTED POSN. BR STD. H1310/84/6 9.3.84 WK LIES ON STBD SIDE. PROPELLER IS MISSING, OTHERWISE WK IS IN GOOD CONDITION. (M J BURPITT, 28.2.84). NCA.POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE HH091/003/01 30.9.03 EXAM'D 12.6.03 IN 5035.700N, 0041.413W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 22.1, FOUL 22.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.9 IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS. SCOUR 3.5MTRS DEEP EXTENTS 15MTRS ALONG 095/275 DEGS. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. DCS3 HT 9.1MTRS. LIES 005/185 DEGS WITH BOWS N. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, ON STBD SIDE. SUPERSTRUCTURE & FWD DERRICKS NOTED ON DCS3. (NP 1016, HI 1003A). AMEND TO SW 21.5MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2018/000198963 10.08.18 EXAM'D 07.02.18; IN 5035.701N, 0041.390W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.7MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS, LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 29MTRS, HEIGHT 8.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 018/198 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 165 MTRS, TOWARDS 084DEGS. BROKEN, WITH THE BOW SECTION ON ITS STBD SIDE TOWARDS 018DEGS, BETWEEN TWO SCOURS. THE VESSEL FRAME AT DECK LEVEL IS VISIBLE BETWEEN THE BOW &STERN SECTIONS. TWO DAVITS/MASTS ARE PRESENT ON THE E SIDE, LYING AT LOW ANGLES BUT FREE OF THE SEABED. (MMT, HI 1498). AMEND DW 21.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN, BOW SECTION N, ON ITS STBD SIDE. FRAME AT DECK LEVEL VISIBLE BETWEEN BOW AND STERN SECTIONS. TWO DAVITS/MASTS NOT RESTING ON SEABED.

Position: 50 35.701 N,0 41.39 W

 

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