Wreck: Kaiserin (Battleship)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Kaiserin, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 53.301 N,3 11.829 W (58.888350, -3.197150)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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: KAISERIN

Length 171.9 meter, width: 29 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 24380 ton

Cause: scuttled.

Year of registration: 1919

Water depth above wreck: 40 meter

Known since: 1919, last detected: 2010

Details measurements/cartography: H8464/19 DWP (1919), LEAST DEPTH 9FMS, SHOWN IN 585320N, 031148W ON SURVEY [C7953]. BR STD. H6924/34 3.11.34 PURCHASE PRICE ACCEPTED. (CP23616/34). H6229/23 13.7.23 INS ON NE 3729, & ON 2581, 2180.

- NM 1523/23. H6924/34 9.4.35 PROPOSED TO COMMENCE OPERATIONS SHORTLY. (CP7152/35). H3348/35 24.5.35 SALVAGE OPS. - TNM 851. H3348/35 10.9.35 SALVAGE OPS. - TNM 1567. H1696/36 28.5.36 RECOMMEND POSN NOW BE CHARTED AS FOUL ANCHORAGE. (KHM INVERGORDON). TNM CANCELLED. INS AS FOUL ANCHORAGE.

- NM 1031/36. H3229/55 19.12.55 OBSTN IN 585324N, 031118W REMOVED BY METAL INDUSTRIES. (CDR HUSBAND, POMONA, HN). NCA ON THIS NOTE NO OTHER MENTION OF WK IN THIS POSN HAVING BEEN SALVED. 11.5.36 RAISED 11.5.36. (JUTLAND TO JUNKYARD, S.C. GEORGE). 16.10.79 NOW CHARTED AS FOUL GROUND. NC 35. 7.10.10 EXAM'D IN 5853.3005N, 0311.8289W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 31.64MTRS. (FATHOMS LTD, POST SDC BATHY REPROCESSING). INS FOUL 31MTRS. RETAIN LEGEND 'FOUL GROUND' CLOSE BY. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 58 53.301 N,3 11.829 W

 

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