This is the information page about the shipwreck Konig, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 53.204 N,3 9.202 W (58.886733, -3.153367)

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: KONIG

Length 176.8 meter, width: 29.6 meter, tonnage 25390 ton

Cause: scuttled.

Year of registration: 1919

Water depth above wreck: 32 meter, Height above seabed: 112 cm

Known since: 1919, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H8464/19 DWP (1919), LEAST DEPTH 7FMS, SHOWN IN 585313N, 030907W ON SURVEY [C7953]. BR STD. H6229/23 13.7.23 INS CHARTS.

- NM 1523/23. H1696/36 8.4.36 SOLD TO METAL INDUSTRIES LTD. (CP7799/36). H3402/59 MESSRS NUNDY (MARINE METALS) LTD STATE THAT WK 0.5M SE IS THE KONIG [POSN 585258N, 030823W]. GIVEN AS THE DRESDEN BY HO RECORDS. H3402/59 29.6.59 INS AS WK 7FMS. NC 2179. 8.12.77 NOW CHARTED AS DWP, LYING ESE/WNW, LEAST DEPTH 12.5MTRS. NC 35. H1696/36 20.8.79 TO BE SALVAGED BY UNDERSEA ASSOCIATES LTD. (LL, 15.8.79). H1281/82/77 5.4.82 NO LONGER RESEMBLES A SHIP, BUT TWISTED HEAP OF STEEL PLATE. (A REECE, LTR DTD 30.3.82). 7.12.01 LIES IN 40MTRS. INVERTED HULL IS ALMOST COMPLETELY BROKEN. REMAINS RISE MORE THAN 20MTRS. BRASS COOLING (?)TURBINES LITTER AREA AROUND ENGINE ROOMS. (DIVER MAGAZINE JUNE 2000). HH268/440/05 17.4.02 REST'D AREA RADIUS 250MTRS CENTRED ON 5853.198N, 0309.181W [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. 7.10.10 EXAM'D IN 5853.2037N, 0309.2017W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 17.65MTRS. (FATHOMS LTD, POST SDC BATHY REPROCESSING). AMEND WK 17.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INVERTED, ONLY HEAP OF STEEL PLATES REMAINS

Position: 58 53.204 N,3 9.202 W

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