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 (58.844716666667, -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. Hessen
53. Hindenburg
54. Hmd chance
55. Hmd imbat
56. Hmd lustring
57. Hmd lustring
58. Hmd lustring
59. Hms albacore (bow section)
60. Hms dewey eve
61. Hms endeavour
62. Hms hampshire
63. Hms loch garry
64. Hms narborough
65. Hms opal
66. Hms pheasant
67. Hms roedean
68. Hms rose valley
69. Hms royal oak
70. Hms strathgarry
71. Hms vanguard
72. Ilsenstein
73. Inconnu
74. Invader
75. Inverlane (bow section)
76. Irene
77. James barrie
78. Johanna thorden
79. Juanita
80. Juniata (fore part)
81. Jv 526
82. Jv 751
83. Kaiser
84. Kaiserin
85. Karlsruhe
86. Kathe niederkirchner
87. Koln
88. Konig
89. Kronprinz wilhelm
90. Lapland
91. Lizzie bain (possibly)
92. Loch maddy (stern section)
93. Lorne
94. Lycia
95. Mara
96. Markgraf
97. Martis
98. Martis
99. Minieh
100. Naja (part of)
101. Napier star
102. Neptune
103. Norholmen
104. Numidian
105. Numidian
106. Ocean racer
107. Pennsylvania
108. Pinnace 288
109. Pinnace 744
110. Pontos
111. Prinzregent luitpold
112. Prudentia
113. Radiation
114. Reginald
115. Reinfield
116. Ronda (part of)(possibly)
117. Ros bui (?part of)(possibly)
118. Rosewood
119. Ross puma
120. Rotherfield
121. S 36 (bow section)
122. Seydlitz
123. Siherite
124. Skua flaes beacon
125. Solan
126. Strathelliot
127. Sunbeam
128. Sunlight
129. Tabarka (possibly)
130. Tbf fn899
131. Teeswood
132. Thames
133. Thunfisch
134. Ub 116
135. V 78 (part of)
136. V83
137. Yc 21

 

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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