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 (58.844716666667, -3.1926833333333)

 

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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. 090
2. Ac6
3. Almeria
4. Aorangi
5. Argyll
6. Atlantic (possibly)
7. Avra (possibly)
8. B 109 (part)
9. Bayern (turrets & wreckage)
10. Ben barvas
11. Benachie
12. Bettina danica
13. Bountiful
14. Bremse
15. Brummer
16. Budrie
17. Busy bee (part of)
18. Carolina thornden
19. Carron
20. Challenger
21. Clio
22. Clio ii
23. Collingdoc
24. Copeland
25. Corinthia (stern section)
26. Croma
27. Dalewood (possibly)
28. Danmark (after part)
29. Dresden
30. Duna
31. Dyle
32. Ebanezer
33. Edinboune
34. Elton
35. Emerald wings
36. Empire parsons (possiby)
37. Empire seaman
38. Empire seaman
39. Energy
40. Ephram
41. Excelsior
42. F2
43. Freesia
44. G101
45. G103
46. G104
47. Gartmore
48. Gobernador bories
49. Gondolier
50. Grosser kurfurst
51. Gunnaren
52. Hindenburg
53. Hmd chance
54. Hmd imbat
55. Hmd lustring
56. Hmd lustring
57. Hmd lustring
58. Hms albacore (bow section)
59. Hms dewey eve
60. Hms endeavour
61. Hms hampshire
62. Hms loch garry
63. Hms narborough
64. Hms opal
65. Hms roedean
66. Hms rose valley
67. Hms royal oak
68. Hms strathgarry
69. Hms vanguard
70. Ilsenstein
71. Inconnu
72. Invader
73. Inverlane (bow section)
74. Irene
75. James barrie
76. Johanna thorden
77. Juanita
78. Juniata (fore part)
79. Jv 526
80. Jv 751
81. Kaiser
82. Kaiserin
83. Karlsruhe
84. Kathe niederkirchner
85. Koln
86. Konig
87. Kronprinz wilhelm
88. Lapland
89. Lizzie bain (possibly)
90. Loch maddy (stern section)
91. Lorne
92. Lycia
93. Mara
94. Markgraf
95. Martis
96. Martis
97. Minieh
98. Naja (part of)
99. Napier star
100. Neptune
101. Norholmen
102. Numidian
103. Numidian
104. Ocean racer
105. Pennsylvania
106. Pinnace 288
107. Pinnace 744
108. Pontos
109. Prinzregent luitpold
110. Prudentia
111. Radiation
112. Reginald
113. Reinfield
114. Ronda (part of)(possibly)
115. Ros bui (?part of)(possibly)
116. Rosewood
117. Ross puma
118. Rotherfield
119. S 36 (bow section)
120. Seydlitz
121. Siherite
122. Skua flaes beacon
123. Solan
124. Strathelliot
125. Sunbeam
126. Sunlight
127. Tabarka (possibly)
128. Tbf fn899
129. Teeswood
130. Thames
131. Thunfisch
132. Ub 116
133. V 78 (part of)
134. V83
135. Yc 21

 

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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