This is the information page about the shipwreck Koln, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 53.836 N,3 8.525 W (58.897267, -3.142083)

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: KOLN

Length 151.5 meter, width: 14.3 meter, tonnage 5300 ton

Cause: scuttled.

Year of registration: 1919

Water depth above wreck: 32 meter, Height above seabed: 115 cm

Known since: 1919, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H8464/19 DWP (1919), LEAST DEPTH 11FMS, SHOWN IN 585352N, 030827W ON SURVEY [C7953]. CHART AS DWP 11FMS (1919). BR STD. H(W)395/58 31.5.61 STILL AVAILABLE FOR SALE BY ADMIRALTY. H(W)395/58 6.11.62 SALVAGE RIGHTS SOLD TO NUNDY SALVAGE LTD. 28.9.70 SALVAGE TO TAKE PLACE DURING THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. (N/CP55598/69). H622/61 21.10.77 SALVAGE RIGHTS FOR PERIOD ENDING 31.12.82 SOLD TO SCAPA FLOW SALVAGE LTD. (DNC LTR DC11(1)/CP53529/75 DTD 15.7.77). H1696/36 20.8.79 TO BE SALVAGED BY UNDERSEAS ASSOCIATES LTD. (LL, 15.8.79). 26.9.80 NOW CHARTED AS DWP 19.8MTRS, LYING WNW/ESE. NC 35. H4682/75 20.10.81 LEASE ON SALVAGE TRANSFERED TO CLARK DIVING SERVICES. (N/CP53529/75). H4682/75 17.9.85 MOD SALVAGE LEASING CONTRACT NOW TIME EXPIRED. OWNERSHIP TO BE TRANSFERRED TO ORKNEY ISLANDS COUNCIL. (LM NRE31B/2290, 29.8.85). 5.4.00 WK LYING ON STARBOARD SIDE, MOSTLY INTACT. PROPELLERS AND ONE ANCHOR LIFTED. SOME EXPLOSIVE SALVAGE IN ENGINE ROOM. HIGHEST POINT AT 20MTRS IS TOP OF ONE PORTSIDE GUN IN TURRET. STERN GUN IN GOOD CONDITION. (DIVER MAGAZINE JAN 2000 AND FULL ARTICLE WITH DIAGRAMS AND PHOTOS IN DIVER MAGAZINE APR'2000). HH268/440/05 17.4.02 REST'D AREA RADIUS 250MTRS CENTRED ON 5853.830N, 0308.550W [WGD] DESIGNATED UNDER ANCIENT MONUMENTS AND ARCHAEOLOGIAL AREA ACT 1979. (HISTORIC SCOTLAND, LTD DTD 22.3.02 AND EMAIL DTD 16.4.02).

- NM 2261/02. SEP 2008/000078193 7.10.08 SHOW AS WK 18.9MTRS ON SCIMITAR SURVEY 2001. NO OTHER DETAILS KNOWN. NCA. 7.10.10 EXAM'D IN 5853.8354N, 0308.5247W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19.29MTRS. (FATHOMS LTD, POST SDC BATHY REPROCESSING). AMEND WK 19.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LYING ON STARBOARD SIDE

Position: 58 53.836 N,3 8.525 W

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