Wreck: Herrenwyk (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Herrenwyk, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 31.112 N,10 31.166 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: HERRENWYK
Length 110 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 4616 ton
Cause: Ex swedish martii ragnar. built in 1912 by a g neptun. owned at time of loss by the german government. seized by the germans at bergen in apr 1940. struck a mine and sank in kiel bay. (dods).
Year of registration: 1945
Water depth above wreck: 14 meter
Known since: 1945, last detected: 2022
Details measurements/cartography: H2709/45 9.6.45 DW (MAST) IN 543106N, 103118E. (DANISH WK NOTICE 14/742/45).
- NM 1601/45. H751/46 20.2.47 POSN AMENDED TO 543113N, 103121E. MARKED BY G CONL BUOY WITH N TPMK, GP FL (2) G, LAID CLOSE N. (HAMBURG NM 4/47).
- NM 439/47. H751/46 17.6.47 LEGEND (MAST) DELETED. (HAMBURG NM 858/47). BR STD. H751/46 31.10.47 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK NOW 2MTRS [1FM]. (HAMBURG NM 1689/47).
- NM 2766/47. H751/47 17.12.47 NOW MARKED BY G CONICAL BUOY, S TPMK, OCC G 4 SEC, LAID S OF WK. (HAMBURG NM 2068/47).
- NM 3248/47. H751/47 23.8.48 WK AND BUOYS REMOVED. (HAMBURG NM 1371/48). DELETE.
- NM 1880/48. 8.2.61 RE-INSERTED AS FOUL. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 2117 H4999/87 30.1.89 SW 11.9MTRS [6FMS 3FT] IN 543113N, 103113E. (HAMBURG NM (16)30/50/88).
- NM ACTION. SEP 2015/000077455 15.4.16 WK SW 12.2MTRS IN 5431.112N, 1031.166E [WGD] SHOWN IN GERMAN 30. [ED 13, CORR TO 11/03/16]. AMEND TO SW 12.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 54 31.112 N,10 31.166 E
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