This is the information page about the shipwreck Kirsten, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 39.687 N,10 1.962 E (55.66145, 10.0327)

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.

Name: KIRSTEN

Length 71.6 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 1196 ton

Cause: Struck a mine & sank between aebelo & bjornskrude. (dod vol 1).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 17 meter

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H21791/45 5.7.45 WK 8.0 FMS IN 553942N, 100212E SHOWN ON DANISH 103. BR STD. H22456/45 21.1.46 AMEND TO WK 8.1 FMS. (DANISH NM 950/44).

- NM 3171/55. 12.1.56 SHOWN AS WK 8.1 FMS ON DANISH 114. 11.4.63 SHOWN AS WK 8.2 FMS ON DANISH 103. BR STD. 8.2.72 PARTLY DISPERSED/ BLOWN UP TO A MIN DEPTH OF 15.5 MTRS. (DANISH WK REC). NCA. 22.9.87 [EUR] POSN 553943N, 100206E. 1.10.15 SHOWN AS WK 16.2MTRS IN 5539.687N, 1001.962E [WGD] ON DK 114 [ED14, COR 24.7.15]. AMEND TO DW 16.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 55 39.687 N,10 1.962 E

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