This is the information page about the shipwreck Knippla, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 18.388 N,12 47.752 E (55.24, 12.8013333)
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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: KNIPPLA
Year of registration: 1916
Water depth above wreck: 10 meter
Known since: 1916, last detected: 2019
Details measurements/cartography: H1526/16 9.3.16 WK IN 551827N, 124740E APPROX. MARKED BY G WK MARK WITH 2 G FLAGS NNE OF WK. (SWEDISH NM).
- NM 358/16. H9192/19 29.11.19 WK IN 551824N, 124742E APPROX. PROBABLY THE SAME WK. R WK BUOY, FL3S LAID IN 551800N, 124200E. (SWEDISH NM QUOTING GERMAN NM). [SEE H1210/19]. BR STD. H9570/19 16.12.19 WK 3.2MTRS IN 551820N, 124750E, WITH G WK MARK WITH 1 G FLAG 30MTRS SW. (SWEDISH NM 57/1844/19). BR STD. 22.8.73 NOW CHARTED AS WK 3.4MTRS IN 551824N, 124751E [STO]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 2360. 10.7.80 SHOWN AS WK 3.4MTRS, MARKED BY S CARD BUOY CLOSE SSW, ON DANISH 187 [1980 EDN]. BR STD. HH100/351/12 30.7.97 DIVED ON IN LISTED POSN. WK IS WELL BROKEN, IN SOME 10MTRS OF WATER ON SANDY BOTTOM. REMNANTS LARGELY CONSIST OF METAL RIBS AND WOODEN PLANKS, WELL ENCRUSTED WITH MUSSELS. WHEELHOUSE[?] AND BOW STAND 3MTRS PROUD OF BOTTOM. ANCHOR LIES CLOSE TO PORT SIDE OF BOWS. RUDDER AND 4 BLADED PROP LIE AT STERN. (S J ROBERTS, DIVING REPORT). NCA. SEP 2015/000312367 14.1.16 SHOWN AS WK 7.5MTRS IN 5518.388N, 1247.752E [WGD] ON DANISH 132 [ED 23 CORR TO 18/12/15]. AMEND TO DW 7.5MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 55 18.388 N,12 47.752 E