This is the information page about the shipwreck Hmsm k5, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 51.541 N,9 5.037 W (49.017166666667, -9.2673333333333)

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.

Name: HMSM K5

Length 101.8 meter, width: 8.2 meter, tonnage 1880 ton

Cause: failed to surface following fleet exercises. presumed to have dived too deep and to have broken up. (beneath the waves).

Year of registration: 1921

Water depth above wreck: 150 meter

Known since: 1921, last detected: 1989

Details measurements/cartography: H491/21 24.1.21 H491/21 24.1.21 SUNK IN 485130N, 090500W APPROX. (CINC A.F, TELEGRAM VIA ADMIRAL DEVONPORT). CHART AS NDW PA. BR STD. 6.1.89 6.1.89 OIL AND WRECKAGE WERE SIGHTED IN 485300N, 085200W. (BENEATH THE WAVES, P.143). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Chart No: BA 2649

Position: 48 51.541 N,9 5.037 W

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