Wreck: Kaiser (Battleship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Kaiser, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 52.925 N,3 11.278 W (58.882083, -3.187967)
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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: KAISER
Length 171.9 meter, width: 29 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 24380 ton
Cause: scuttled.
Year of registration: 1919
Water depth above wreck: 19 meter
Known since: 1919, last detected: 2003
Details measurements/cartography: H8464/19 H8464/19 DWP, LEAST DEPTH 4FT, SHOWN IN 585257N, 031111W ON SURVEY [C7953]. BR STD. H6229/23 10.9.23 H6229/23 10.9.23 INS ON 2581, 2180.
- NM 1523/23. 10.8.28 10.8.28 COX & DANKS AUTHORISED TO PROCEED WITH OPERATIONS. (CP20513/28). DIVERS AT WORK SEALING UP LEAKS ETC. (CP22830/28). 5.12.28 5.12.28 WORK OF PREPARATION STILL PROCEEDING. (CP28168/28). H270/29 8.1.29 H270/29 8.1.29 WORK OF PREPARATION STILL PROCEEDING. (CP290/29). KAISER LEFT IN TOW FOR ROSYTH. (CP16483/29). 20.3.29 RAISED 20.3.29. (JUTLAND TO JUNKYARD, S C GEORGE). H270/29 23.4.29 H270/29 23.4.29 AREA NOW CONSIDERED FOUL. (CP 6901/29). AMENDED TO FA (1929).
- NM 299/23. 2.7.80 2.7.80 AMENDED TO FOUL. NC 35. HH100/351/21 30.1.04 HH100/351/21 30.1.04 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. AREA COVERED WITH GENERAL WRECKAGE OF MASTS, PLATING AND SALVAGE EQUIPMENT INC HAWSERS AND PULLEYS. AREA EXTENDS FROM 5852.938N, 0311.283W TO 5852.932N, 0311.271W. SPOTTING TOWER LOCATED IN 5852.935N, 0311.285W. (CPO JACKSON, NACSAC). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: AREA OF GENERAL WRECKAGE
Position: 58 52.925 N,3 11.278 W
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