Wreck: Knut willemus (?knud villemoes) (Carrier)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Knut willemus (?knud villemoes), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 21.13 N,8 9.28 E (54.2298833, 7.9518667)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: KNUT WILLEMUS (?KNUD VILLEMOES)
Length 75.3 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1582 ton
Cause: Built 1905 by nuscke & co. vessel was owned at time of loss by d/s a/s jyden, under german, control struck a mine & sank off heligoland. (dods).
Year of registration: 1941
Water depth above wreck: 16 meter
Known since: 1941, last detected: 2019
Details measurements/cartography: H03548/44 2.11.51 WK 7.4MTRS [4FMS] IN 542040N, 080925E. (HAMBURG NM 3224/51)
- NM 2037/51. H5063/52 31.3.53 SHOWN IN 542040N, 081200E ON GERMAN 615. NCA. H03548/44 25.4.53 POSN SHOWN ON GERMAN 615 INCORRECT, ACCEPT POSN AS QUOTED IN HAMBURG NM 3224/51. (LTR FROM GERMAN HYDROGRAPHER) NCA. H4508/61 19.10.64 WK, SWEPT CLEAR AT 12MTRS [6FMS 3FT]. (HAMBURG NM 3833/64) BR STD. 23.3.72 GOOD SONAR CONTACT SHOWN IN 542036N, 081006E ON GERMAN WK CHART 103 [1971 EDN]. H7266/55 15.2.77 INDENTIFIED AS "KNUT WILLEMUS", SWEPT CLEAR AT 10.5MTRS IN 542111N, 080925E [EUR]. (HAMBURG NM 4702/76) POSSIBLY "KNUD VILLEMOES" SEE CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS. H2064/75 25.9.79 NOW SWEPT CLEAR AT 10.0MTRS. (HAMBURG NM 2933/79) SEP 2015/000158093 25.2.16 SHOWN AS SW 12.2MTRS IN 5421.143N, 0809.337E [WGD] ON DE221000. (EDN 7.0, DTD 10.7.15). AMEND SW 12.2MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 54 21.13 N,8 9.28 E
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