This is the information page about the shipwreck Karlsruhe, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 53.345 N,3 11.363 W (58.844716666667, -3.1926833333333)

 

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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. 090
2. Ac6
3. Almeria
4. Argyll
5. Atlantic (possibly)
6. Avra (possibly)
7. B 109 (part)
8. Bayern (turrets & wreckage)
9. Ben barvas
10. Benachie
11. Bettina danica
12. Bountiful
13. Bremse
14. Brummer
15. Budrie
16. Busy bee (part of)
17. Carolina thornden
18. Carron
19. Challenger
20. Clio
21. Clio ii
22. Collingdoc
23. Copeland
24. Corinthia (stern section)
25. Croma
26. Dalewood (possibly)
27. Danmark (after part)
28. Dresden
29. Duna
30. Dyle
31. Ebanezer
32. Edinboune
33. Elton
34. Emerald wings
35. Empire parsons (possiby)
36. Empire seaman
37. Empire seaman
38. Energy
39. Ephram
40. Excelsior
41. F2
42. Freesia
43. G101
44. G103
45. G104
46. Gartmore
47. Gobernador bories
48. Gondolier
49. Grosser kurfurst
50. Gunnaren
51. Hessen
52. Hindenburg
53. Hmd chance
54. Hmd imbat
55. Hmd lustring
56. Hmd lustring
57. Hmd lustring
58. Hms dewey eve
59. Hms endeavour
60. Hms hampshire
61. Hms loch garry
62. Hms narborough
63. Hms opal
64. Hms pheasant
65. Hms roedean
66. Hms rose valley
67. Hms royal oak
68. Hms strathgarry
69. Hms vanguard
70. Ilsenstein
71. Inconnu
72. Invader
73. Inverlane (bow section)
74. Irene
75. James barrie
76. Johanna thorden
77. Juanita
78. Juniata (fore part)
79. Jv 526
80. Jv 751
81. Kaiser
82. Kaiserin
83. Karlsruhe
84. Kathe niederkirchner
85. Koln
86. Konig
87. Kronprinz wilhelm
88. Lapland
89. Lizzie bain (possibly)
90. Loch maddy (stern section)
91. Lorne
92. Lycia
93. Mara
94. Markgraf
95. Martis
96. Martis
97. Minieh
98. Naja (part of)
99. Napier star
100. Neptune
101. Norholmen
102. Numidian
103. Numidian
104. Ocean racer
105. Pennsylvania
106. Pinnace 288
107. Pinnace 744
108. Pontos
109. Prinzregent luitpold
110. Prudentia
111. Radiation
112. Reginald
113. Reinfield
114. Ronda (part of)(possibly)
115. Ros bui (?part of)(possibly)
116. Rosewood
117. Ross puma
118. Rotherfield
119. S 36 (bow section)
120. Seydlitz
121. Siherite
122. Skua flaes beacon
123. Solan
124. Strathelliot
125. Sunbeam
126. Sunlight
127. Tabarka (possibly)
128. Tbf fn899
129. Teeswood
130. Thames
131. Thunfisch
132. Ub 116
133. V 78 (part of)
134. V83
135. Yc 21

 

Name: KARLSRUHE

Length 151.2 meter, width: 14.3 meter, tonnage 5300 ton

Cause: scuttled.

Year of registration: 1919

Water depth above wreck: 22 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1919, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H8464/19 DWP SHOWN IN 585323N, 031118W, LEAST DEPTH 4.5FMS, MAST DRIES 6FT AT W END, & MAST DRIES 3FT AT E END, ON SURVEY [C7953]. INS AS DWP (1919) WITH LEGENDS 'MAST 6FT' TO W END OF WK & 'MAST 3FT' TO E END OF WK. BR STD. H6229/23 13.7.23 INSERTED ON NE 3729, & ON 2581, 2180

- NM 1523/23. H0750/40 2.10.40 MASTS REMOVED. (ADMIRALTY). DELETE 'MAST DRIES 3FT' AND 'DRIES 6FT'.

- NM 23657/40. H3402/59 8.7.59 NOW SHOWN AS WK 4FMS 3FT. BR STD. H( 5.4.61 REPD BY MR REVILL OF BATH THAT WK WAS SOLD TO METAL INDUSTRIES IN 1955. 27.1.75 MARKER BUOYS MISSING BUT ONE RE-ESTABLISHED. WK IS STILL LARGELY INTACT AT BOTH ENDS ALTHOUGH THE ENGINE-ROOM HAS BEEN BLASTED FOR SALVAGE. THE SHIP'S BELL WAS LIFTED SUCCESSFULLY. (RAF SUB AQUA NEWS LETTER ISSUE NO.13 AUG '74). H1287/75 15.10.75 CONSIDERABLE SALVAGE WORK HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT TO THE BOWS & MID SECTIONS. CAN ONLY BE RECOGNISED BY THE STERN SECTIONS. (C.P.O. DUNFORD, RAF LINCOLN, 15.8.75). 8.12.77 SHOWN AS DWP 7.9MTRS, LYING NW/SE. NC 35. H1696/36 20.8.79 TO BE SALVAGED BY UNDERSEA ASSOCIATES LTD. (LL, 15.8.79). H4682/75 20.10.81 SALVAGE RIGHTS SOLD TO CLARK DIVING SERVICES. (N/CP53529/75). 7.12.01 COMPLETELY BROKEN AMIDSHIPS. BOTH FORWARD GUNS LIE TOGETHER ON THE SEABED TOGETHER WITH HAWSE PIPES. BOW BROKEN AWAY. (DIVER MAGAZINE JUN '00). HH268/440/05 17.4.02 RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 250MTRS CENTRED ON 5853.350N, 0311.352W [WGD] DESIGNATED UNDER ANCIENT MONUMENTS AND ARCHAEOLOGIAL AREA ACT 1979. (HISTORIC SCOTLAND, LTD DTD 22.3.02 AND EMAIL DTD 16.4.02).

- NM 2261/02. SEP 2008/000078193 7.10.08 SHOWN AS WK 10.5MTRS ON SCIMITAR SURVEY 2001. NO OTHER DETAILS KNOWN. NCA. 7.10.10 EXAM'D IN 5853.3451N, 0311.3626W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.58MTRS. (FATHOMS LTD, POST SDC BATHY REPROCESSING). AMEND WK 12.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: COLLAPSED AMIDSHIPS BOW BROKEN AWAY.

Position: 58 53.345 N,3 11.363 W

 

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