This is the information page about the shipwreck Koenigshaven, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 16.674 N,1 27.94 E (51.0898333, 1.7715833)

 

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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. 150
2. Admiral gardner
3. Africa
4. Agen
5. Alabama (possibly)
6. Albion (probably)
7. Algeria
8. Amplegarth
9. Andaman
10. Angelus (possibly)
11. Archon
12. Ashley
13. Atlantic (possibly)
14. Avon
15. Balakani
16. Brandenburg
17. Bravore
18. Ca 4
19. Camisard
20. Cap de la hague
21. Carmen
22. Cathay (part of)
23. Cedrington court
24. Cerne
25. Christianssund
26. City of brisbane
27. Colbert (possibly)
28. Constanzia
29. Corhaven
30. Correct
31. D'artagnan
32. Dalryan
33. Diana
34. Dinard
35. Dixie
36. Dolcoath (part)
37. Dolcoath (part)
38. Duiveland
39. Dunbar castle
40. E goodwin ltv
41. Efford
42. Eidsiva (probably)
43. Eleonora
44. Embla (possibly)
45. Emile deschamps
46. Emma
47. Emma (possibly)
48. Empire lough (probably)
49. Empress of fort william (probably)
50. Empress of midland (possibly)
51. En avant
52. Erins isle (possibly)
53. Falcon (probably)
54. Fearless
55. Filleigh
56. Flachsee
57. Flandres
58. Francesco ciampa
59. Fred everard
60. Frons olivae (probably)
61. Fulmar
62. G 85 (possibly)
63. G-42 (possibly)
64. Gad 23
65. Genimar
66. Grazia (possibly)
67. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
68. Halcyon
69. Harcalo
70. Hawksdale
71. Hawnby
72. Henry moon
73. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
74. Hm mms 39 (part of)(probably)
75. Hmhs anglia
76. Hms alert ?
77. Hms aragonite (part of)
78. Hms aries (possibly)
79. Hms artic trapper
80. Hms brazen
81. Hms carilon
82. Hms carlton
83. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
84. Hms chestnut (probably)
85. Hms city of dundee
86. Hms cleon
87. Hms desiree
88. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
89. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
90. Hms fauvette
91. Hms flirt
92. Hms glen boyne
93. Hms gracie (probably)
94. Hms guardsman
95. Hms kingston galena
96. Hms lydian
97. Hms marcella
98. Hms mastiff (possibly)
99. Hms myrtle
100. Hms napia
101. Hms niger (possibly)
102. Hms northumberland (probably)
103. Hms othello ii
104. Hms peridot
105. Hms pyrope
106. Hms ray of hope
107. Hms restoration (possibly)
108. Hms rodino
109. Hms stirling castle (probably)
110. Hms tamarisk
111. Hms torbay ii (probably)
112. Hms tourmaline
113. Hms tranquil
114. Hms war sepoy
115. Hms weigelia
116. Hms wessex
117. Hmsm b2
118. Hundvaag
119. Ilaro
120. Ira (possibly)
121. Irene
122. Jacob luckenbach
123. James harrod
124. Josephine willis
125. Kabinda
126. Kadru
127. Karmt
128. Katharina kolkmann
129. Kielce
130. Kirsten skou
131. Koenigshaven
132. L'armandeche
133. Lady stella
134. Latona
135. Laurl coin
136. Lbv (m)396
137. Le pelerin de la mer
138. Leicester
139. Leo
140. Lisbeth m
141. Loanda
142. Lord hamilton (possibly)
143. Luray victory
144. Lusitania
145. Mahratta
146. Mahratta ii
147. Maloja 1
148. Malta (probably)
149. Menapier
150. Merel (part of)(possibly)
151. Mersey
152. Mi amigo
153. Monarch
154. Mudlark
155. Murillo
156. Nancy moran
157. Newlands
158. Niki
159. Norman
160. Norman
161. North eastern victory
162. Opal
163. Ousel (probably)
164. Paros isle
165. Polgrange
166. Ponzano
167. Preussen
168. Pulborough
169. Quentovic
170. Rubislaw
171. Rydal force
172. Rynanna
173. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
174. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
175. Sabac
176. Saidieh
177. Saint michael veillez sur nous
178. Saint ronan (possibly)
179. Saint ronan (possibly)
180. Sambut
181. San calisto
182. Santagata
183. Santagata (?part of)
184. Sea serpent
185. Selma (possibly)
186. Shenandoah
187. Slesvig
188. Spaarndem
189. Sperrbrecher 171 (possibly)
190. St cecilia
191. Strathclyde
192. Surrey
193. Teeswood
194. Texaco caribbean (after section)
195. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
196. The queen
197. Tina primo
198. Tongue sand tower (remains)
199. Toward
200. Traquair (probably)
201. Tummel (probably)
202. U 11 (possibly)
203. U 16 (possibly)
204. U 48
205. Uama
206. Ub 108 (possibly)
207. Ub 109
208. Ub 31 ?
209. Ub 55 (probably)
210. Ub 56 (possibly)
211. Ub 58 (possibly)
212. Ub 78
213. Uc 21 (possibly)
214. Uc 26
215. Uc 46
216. Uc 46 (possibly)
217. Uc 77 (possibly)
218. Ursus (part)
219. Virginie
220. W a scholten
221. Westerley star
222. Wheatman (possibly)
223. Will and maggie (probably)
224. Woodtown (possibly)
225. Xanthence

 

Name: KOENIGSHAVEN

Length 85.3 meter, width: 18 meter, tonnage 1245 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Triple expansion engine. passage newcastle-upon-tyne for rouen. sprang a leak and foundered off the nw goodwins in a storm. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 12 meter, Height above seabed: 8 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20220728

Details measurements/cartography: H719/17 13.2.17 DW (FUNNEL, MASTS) IN 511640N, 012805E. WK BUOY 100YDS E. (HMS EREBUS, HN). - FNM'S 82,132 & 327/17. H6402/36 29.9.36 LEAST DEPTH 21FT. MARKED BY LT BUOY. (HMS KELLETT). TNM 1906/36 ISSUED. 5.2.37 TO BE DISPERSED SPRING 1937. (TH, TELECON). H6402/36 25.1.38 DISPERSED TO LEAST DEPTH 34FT IN 511604N, 012805E. (TH, DTD 22.1.38). H021239/45 4.4.45 AMEND TO F.

- NM 4109/45. H5120/51 2.11.55 SEARCHED FOR. POOR SONAR CONTACT IN 511637N, 012812E. (HMS SCOTT, DTD 1955).

- NM 2267/55, H5120/51 7.8.56 SWEPT CLEAR AT 25, FOUL AT 27FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 28 IN GEN DEPTH 40FT. POSN 511639N, 012802E BY HSA. (SMSL 324 & 325, DTD 6.7.56).

- NM 1949/56. H2421/62 23.8.62 SWEPT CLEAR 27, FOUL 28FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 31 IN GEN DEPTH 27-41FT. (HMS EGERIA, DTD 25.5.62). H1219/63 5.3.64 SMALL AND DIFFICULT TO FIND. LEAST E/S DEPTH 27 IN GEN DEPTH 38FT. (HMS ENTERPRISE, H525 DTD 28.2.63). H3890/68 18.3.68 EXAM'D BY ASDIC MK 2 & E/S. LEAST E/S DEPTH 34 IN GEN DEPTH 43-45FT. SCOUR DEPTH 50FT. CONTACT IN TWO PARTS. (HMS EGERIA, HI 44/67). [ADD 2FT TO SOUNDINGS FOR LAT]. BR STD. H8033/68 12.12.68 EXAM'D 24.9.68 IN 511639N, 012803E USING HSA. POOR SONAR, CONTACT ONLY FROM N. A SECOND PART LIES 500FT TO SE. LEAST E/S DEPTH 30 IN GEN DEPTH 38-39FT. (HMS ECHO, HI 9/68). H5498/69 14.11.69 SWEPT CLEAR AT 7.1, FOUL AT 7.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 10.2 IN GEN DEPTH 12.4MTRS. NO SCOUR. BEST ASDIC CONTACT FROM W. LIES IN TWO PARTS OF WHICH WESTERN IS SHALLOWER. NO ATTEMPT MADE TO FOUL EASTERN PART. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 166/69 & HI 8(B)/69).

- NM 1837/69. H5498/69 6.3.70 E PART- 511639N, 012811.5E. CHAIN SWEEP CLEAR 29FT, FOUL 30FT IN GEN DEPTH 41FT. STANDS 11FT ABOVE SEA BED. W PART, 511638N, 012801E. CHAIN SWEEP, CLEAR 26FT, FOUL 27FT IN GEN DEPTH 37FT. STANDS 10FT ABOVE SEA BED. POSNS FROM HSA. (THV READY, DTD 6.2.70). BR STD. H2234/71 23.9.71 EXAM'D IN 511638N, 012803E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.4 IN GEN DEPTH 12.7MTRS. SCOUR 13.2MTRS. NOT FOUND IN SONAR AREA SEARCH. (HMS ENTERPRISE, 21.7.71). THIS IS PRESUMABLY THE WESTERN WK ONLY. H2234/71 2.5.73 EXAM'D IN 511645N, 012800E [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 10.2 IN GEN DEPTH 13MTRS. SCOUR 13.6MTRS. (HMS ENTERPRISE, H525 47/72). H2100/74 30.1.74 IN TWO PARTS. W PART, 511638N, 012801E; E PART, 511639N, 012813E. POSNS FROM HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.6MTRS & 9.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 12-13MTRS. SCOUR 13.9MTRS & 15.6MTRS ON FLAT SEABED. LIES APPROX NW/SE WITH SLIGHT SCOUR ON WESTERN SIDE & APPROX E/W SITTING OWN SCOUR. (HMS ECHO). NCA. H2100/74 31.7.74 POSNS: 511638N, 012804E & 511639N, 012814E. SWEPT CLEAR 8.8, FOUL 9.1MTRS & CLEAR 9.1, FOUL 9.5MTRS. (HMS EGERIA, HN). H2100/74 9.8.74 EXAM'D IN 511638N, 012804E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.3 IN GEN DEPTH 12-13MTRS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 8.8, FOUL AT 9.1MTRS. (HMS EGERIA, HN DTD 1974). H4845/75 29.8.79 EXAM'D 23.7.79 IN 511637N, 012803E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 8.3, FOUL 8.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.0 IN GEN DEPTH 13MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.2MTRS. LIES NE/SW. GIVES POOR SONAR RESPONSE. (SOISS, HI 61B/79).

- NM BLOCK. H1938/78 23.3.81 EXAM'D 3.9.80. LEAST E/S DEPTH 8.9 IN GEN DEPTH 12.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LIES 020/200DEGS. LENGTH 85MTRS, BEAM 18MTRS. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 61A/80). NCA. H1951/80 29.5.81 EXAM'D 9.4.81 IN 511638N, 012803E [OGB]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 8.8, FOUL AT 9.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.1MTRS. OTHER DETAILS UNCHANGED. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 21A). BR STD. H2907/83 25.3.85 EXAM'D 17.7.84 IN 511639N, 012803W [OGB]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 8.3, FOUL AT 8.4MTRS. LEAST E/S 9.7 IN GEN DEPTH 12-13MTRS. ABOUT 70MTRS LONG, LYING 020/200DEGS. (HMS EGERIA, HI 186).

- NM 1049/85. H2331/85 11.11.86 EXAM'D 26.6.86 IN 511639N, 012803E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 8.8 IN GEN DEPTH 11-12MTRS. NO SCOUR. PARTIALLY COVERED BY SAND. (NP 1016, HI 298). NCA. H6342/87 5.12.88 EXAM'D 18.9.88 IN 511638N, 012803E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 9.0, FOUL AT 9.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 8.9 IN GEN DEPTH 12MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 12.7MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.8MTRS. LENGTH 70MTRS. INTACT AND LYING 000/180DEGS. (NP 1016, HI 425).

- NM 3777/88. HH090/511/01 17.10.91 EXAM'D 3.7.91 IN 511638.4N, 012802.8E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.9 IN GEN DEPTH 12.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 2.8MTRS. LENGTH 50MTRS. LIES N/S. (NP 1016, HI 511). NCA. HH090/629/01 6.7.94 EXAM'D 16.6.94 IN 511638N, 012802E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 9.2, FOUL 9.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.1 IN GEN DEPTH 13MTRS. NO SCOUR. NO DCS3 HT. SMALL WK LYING IN A SANDWAVE. COVERS 65 X 20MTRS. LIES 020/210DEGS. (NP 1016, HI 629). RETAIN AS SW 9MTRS. HH242/400/08 26.2.97 NOW WK 9.1MTRS. (THL VECTIS, 1997). NCA. HH242/400/09 28.11.97 SHOWN AS WK 9.7MTRS ON TH VECTIS SURVEY DTD 20.8.97. NCA. HH242/400/09 11.5.98 NOW WK 10.8MTRS. (TH, GULL STREAM SURVEY). NCA. HH242/400/10 19.2.99 NOW WK 11.3MTRS. (TH, GULL STREAM SURVEY, DTD 18/19.8.98). NCA. HH242/400/10 19.2.99 NOW WK 10.7MTRS. (TH, GULL STREAM SURVEY, DTD 29/30.1.99). NCA. HH242/400/12 28.7.00 NOW WK 7.2MTRS IN 5116.65N, 0128.10E [?OGB]. (TH, TLX DTD 24.7.00). AMEND TO WK 7.2MTRS IN 1994 POSN.

- NM 3454/00. HH090/892/01 3.10.00 EXAM'D 10.8.00 IN 5116.679N, 0127.948E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 9.1, FOUL 9.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.4 IN GEN DEPTH 12.6MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 84MTRS, WIDTH 24MTRS. DCS3 HT 2MTRS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT AND WELL BURIED. (NP 1016, HI 892). AMEND SW 9.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH091/028/01 24.6.03 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 1028). NCA. HH091/294/01 23.3.10 EXAM'D 3.8.09 IN 5116.674N, 0127.940E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 8.92 IN GEN DEPTH 12.0MTRS LENGTH 67MTRS, WIDTH 16MTRS, HT 3.1MTRS. LIES 010/190 DEGS. (MARIN MATTEKNIK, HI 1294). NO SCOUR. APPARENTLY FULLY COLLAPSED WITH TWO BOILERS AND ENGINE AS HIGHEST POINTS. BOWS N. AMEND WK 8.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2010/000174707 20.10.10 LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.0MTRS. (TH SURVEY DTD AUG 2010). NCA. SEP 2011/000169714 10.10.11 LEAST M/B DEPTH 8.6MTRS. (TH SURVEY DTD JULY 2011). BR STD. SEP 2015/000083470 10.12.15 EXAM'D 3.9.15 IN 5116.673N, 0127.940E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.0MTRS IN GEN DEPTHS 12.5MTRS. LENGTH 72MTRS, WIDTH 17MTRS, HEIGHT 3.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 8DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 31MTRS, SCOUR DEPTH 0.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 8DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (EGS, HI 1484). AMEND TO DW 9.0MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2017/000147747 29.9.17 LOCATED IN 5116.673N, 0127.941E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 8.65MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 11MTRS. LENGTH 58.08MTRS, WIDTH 16.3MTRS, HEIGHT 1.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 180DEGS. NFS. (TH SURVEY DTD 2017). AMEND DW 8.6MTRS IN REVISED POSITION. SEP 2018/000226477 19.9.18 LOCATED IN 5116.674N, 0127.940E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 8.474MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 11MTRS. LENGTH 70.0MTRS, WIDTH 16.0MTRS, HEIGHT 2.95MTRS, ORIENTATION 005/185DEGS. NFS. (TH SURVEY DTD 2018). AMEND DW 8.4MTRS IN REVISED POSITION. SEP 2020/000289213 26.11.20 EXAM'D BY BDC, WK LOCATED IN 5116.674N, 0127.940E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 8.892MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 12.40MTRS. LENGTH 75MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS, HT 3.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 007/187 DEGS. NFS. (TH SURVEY DTD 2020). RETAIN PREVIOUS DEPTH AND POSN. RSDRA2022000253438 6.1.23 EXAM'D BY BDC, WRECK LOCATED IN 5116.674N., 0127.940E. [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 8.47MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 12MTRS. LENGTH 65.3MTRS, WIDTH 18.8MTRS, HEIGHT 2.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 008/188 DEGS. NFS. (TRINITY HOUSE). RETAIN PREVIOUS DEPTH AND POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, BOWS NE, BOILERS & ENGINE ARE HIGH POINTS, NFS. UK NM 4862/18

Position: 51 16.674 N,1 27.94 E

 

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