This is the information page about the shipwreck Hindenburg, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 52.572 N,3 11.202 W (58.844716666667, -3.1926833333333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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.
Name: HINDENBURG
Length 210 meter, width: 29 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 26180 ton
Cause: scuttled
Year of registration: 1919
Water depth above wreck: 18 meter, Height above seabed: 85 cm
Known since: 1919, last detected: 2010
Details measurements/cartography: H8464/19 DWP, LEAST DEPTH 4.5FMS, MAST SHOWING IN 585238N, 031107W ON SURVEY [C7953]. INS AS DWP 4.5FMS (MAST) (1919). BR STD. H6229/23 13.7.23 INS ON NE 3729
- NM 1523/23. H143/26 CP23187/26 CP23829/26 CP24906/26 CP25580/26 CP26151/26 SALVAGE OPS. - TNM 1402/26. H143/26 CP32412/26 CP10246/26 CP13971/26 CP14895/26 CP19433 SALVAGE OPS. - TNM 1672/26. CP28552/29 SALVAGE TO RECOMMENCE MARCH 1930. H2303/30 8.8.30 WK IN MILL BAY. 2 CONCRETE BLOCKS USED FOR STEADYING STILL IN POSN. H2303/30 19.8.30 WK REMOVED. POSN 585238N, 031107W REMAINS FOUL. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). AMEND TO FA.
- NM 1357/30. H2303/30 20.9.30 2 CONCRETE BLOCKS HAVE 9FMS OVER THEM. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). 21.12.30 CP28255 21.12.30 GENERAL REPORT ON SALVAGE. 22.7.30 RAISED 22.7.30. (JUTLAND TO JUNKYARD, S.C. GEORGE). 26.9.80 SHOWN AS FOUL GROUND. NC 35. 28.1.05 LEGEND: 'FOUL GROUND' SHOWN CENTRED ON 5852.629N, 0311.222W [WGD] ON BA 35 [EDN 5 DTD 27.3.03]. 7.10.10 EXAM'D IN 5852.571N, 0311.201W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.37MTRS. (FATHOMS LTD, POST SDC BATHY REPROCESSING). LENGTH APPROX 55MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS, HT 3MTRS. LIES 085/265 DEGS. APPEARS AS TWO LINKED MOUNDS, ?DEBRIS. AMEND FOUL 15.3MTRS. RETAIN LEGEND 'FOUL GROUND' CLOSE BY. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: TWO LINKED MOUNDS, ?DEBRIS. COVERS [1071]
Position: 58 52.572 N,3 11.202 W