This is the information page about the shipwreck Kate grammerstorf, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 46.695 N,6 48.216 E (53.5606667, 6.5186833)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: KATE GRAMMERSTORF
Length 122.2 meter, width: 16.2 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 5088 ton
Cause: Built 1915 by rickmers werft with triple-expansion engines of 514nhp. owned at time of loss by karl grammerstorf. struck a mine & sank 12m s of heligoland. (dods).
Year of registration: 1944
Water depth above wreck: 18 meter
Known since: 1944, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: H03101/44 22.8.44 DW SHOWN IN 534642N, 064818E ON GERMAN CHART. - FNM 1783/44. H751/46 23.2.46 G LT BUOY, OCC.G.4S, CLOSE S OF WK. (HAMBURG NM 22/922/46).
- NM 726/46. H6130/49 19.3.51 G LT BUOY, GP.FL(2)G, CLOSE NNW. (HAMBURG NM 3619/50).
- NM 562/51. H4146/51 27.7.51 NOW WK 8.3MTRS [4FMS 3FT] IN 534642N, 064818E [EUR]. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (HAMBURG NM 2085/51).
- NM 1391/51. H4146/51 31.1.55 NOW MARKED BY N LT BUOY, INT.QKFL.G & S LT BUOY, QKFL.G. (HAMBURG NM 3808/54).
- NM 148/55. H6219/55 23.12.55 S LT BUOY WITHDRAWN. (HAMBURG NM 4034/55).
- NM 3085/55. H5604/61 30.11.61 NOW WK 9.2MTRS [5FMS]. (HAMBURG NM 4632/61). BR STD. H3867/67 14.12.67 WK SW 16.0MTRS [8FMS 4FT] IN 534646N, 064819E [EUR]. N LT BUOY WITHDRAWN. (SIGNAL DTD 13.12.67).
- NM 71/68. H5191/69 25.5.77 WK NAMED. (HAMBURG NM 3581/76). 22.5.87 SHOWN AS WK SW 16MTRS ON GERMAN 87D [REPRINT 1986]. NC 3761.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 53 46.695 N,6 48.216 E