This is the information page about the shipwreck Kapa trader, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 58.75 N,7 41.531 E (54.0668667, 7.4069)

 

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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.

 

1. Adele ohlrogge
2. Angela
3. Bewerwyk
4. Borsmose
5. Cholmogory (or kholmogory)
6. Dorothea fritzen
7. Dw 07
8. Friedel
9. German empire
10. Harborough
11. Hmsm e 10
12. Hmsm undine (probably)
13. Johanna
14. Kapa trader
15. Karla sorensen
16. Kellerwald
17. Kjobenhavn
18. Limsund (stern part)
19. Lune ii
20. Marko
21. Miranda
22. Neubau
23. Nordenham
24. Ocean king
25. Orient
26. Peter deuss
27. Saltborn
28. Sperber
29. Tanar
30. Tannhauser
31. Tjalk
32. U 51 (probably)
33. Unterelbe
34. Vp-boat 1101
35. Wilhelm 3
36. Wilma
37. Ym 41

 

Name: KAPA TRADER

Length 91.7 meter, width: 13.7 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2017 ton
Load: containers

Cause: 28.11.70 vessel, built 1948 by c.v.d. giessen, krimpen, sank following collision, in thick fog, with e.german mv rhon, 15m sw of heligoland. was on passage durres for gdansk. owned at time of loss by fotis c. georgopoulos. all 20 on board rescued. (ll, 28.11.70 & msd).

Year of registration: 1970

Water depth above wreck: 33 meter

Known since: 1970, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H5191/69 4.12.70 POSN 535842N, 074220E WITH G BUOYS E & W. (HYDRODIENST, NAVEAM 9758/70) NCA YET. H5191/69 8.12.70 POSN 535851N, 074134E. (HAMBURG NM 24(T)/70) - TNM 298/71 & NAVEAM 9774/70 ISSUED. H5191/69 15.3.71 WK 20MTRS IN 535847N, 074142E. G BUOYS CLOSE E & W. (HAMBURG NM 325/71).

- NM 383/71. H5191/69 1.7.71 SWEPT CLEAR AT 21MTRS. W BUOY REMOVED. (HAMBURG NM 2184/71).

- NM 1033/71. H1271/72 13.4.72 SALVAGE & CLEARANCE WORK IN PROGRESS FOR 4 WEEKS. (HAMBURG TNM 1179/72). NCA. H1271/72 15.5.72 DEMOLITION & SALVAGE WORK COMPLETED. (HAMBURG TNM 1643/72) NCA. H2128/70 16.8.72 NOW SWEPT CLEAR AT 25MTRS IN 535847N, 074142E. (HAMBURG NM 2833/72).

- NM 1606/72. 24.8.87 SHOWN AS SW 25MTRS ON GERMAN 87D [REPRINT 1986]. NC 3761. H2128/70 8.2.88 POSN NOW 535847N, 074135E. (HAMBURG NM (21)2/52/87) BR STD. HH328/640/01 8.9.94 WK, NOW SWEPT CLEAR TO 26.2MTRS, IN 535848N, 074137E. (GERMAN NM 34/2/94).

- NM 3255/94. 5.2.03 SHOWN AS WK SW 26.2MTRS IN 5358.760N, 0741.537E [WGD] ON GERMAN DE2 [INT 1456] [JAN '01 EDN, ADOPTION]. NE 3617 [SEP '02 EDN]. 17.10.07 SHOWN AS WK SW 25.8MTRS IN 5358.750N, 0741.531E [WGD] ON GERMAN 2 [INT 1456] [JAN '07 EDN, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 3617. 16.1.12 SHOWN AS SW 25.8MTRS [LAT] ON GERMAN 103 [EDN DTD 9.2011]. NE 3767. 1.7.13 SHOWN AS SW 25.5MTRS ON GERMAN 2 [EDN DTD 1.5.13]. NE 3617. 19.6.15 SHOWN AS SW 25.5MTRS IN 5358.750N, 0741.531E [WGD] ON GERMAN 103. (EDN 9, DTD 27/3/15). NCA. SEP 2016/000098224 15.05.16 OSW 25.5 MTRS SHOWN IN 5358.750N, 0741.531E [WGD]. GERMAN 103 [ED 10, CORR 18.03.16]. AMEND OSW 25.5 MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 58.75 N,7 41.531 E

 

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