This is the information page about the shipwreck Konigsberg-preussen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 0.723 N,8 10.167 E (53.9094833, 8.0987167)

 

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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. Adele ohlrogge
2. Adriana
3. Amrumbank
4. Antoniette
5. Birgit
6. Birok
7. Ditmar koel
8. Dunja
9. Dw 07
10. Elbe (possibly)
11. Elbe 1 lt vessel
12. Fides
13. Franciska
14. Gerhardus
15. Grete hauschildt
16. Haren
17. Henkie
18. Johann schulte
19. Johanna
20. Jul (possibly)
21. Jupiter
22. Karla
23. Karla sorensen
24. Kirkwood
25. Konigsberg-preussen
26. Lenas
27. Limsund (fore-part)
28. Luise leonhardt
29. Lune ii
30. Marianne wear
31. Mellum
32. Memelland
33. Merlin
34. Narvik
35. Neubau
36. Ondo
37. Piteaelf
38. Ramme
39. Rosafred
40. Sperber
41. St christoph
42. Trondheim
43. U 16
44. U 51 (probably)
45. Unterelbe
46. Werner vinnen
47. Widar (or wides)

 

Name: KONIGSBERG-PREUSSEN

Length 84.7 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 2530 ton

Cause: Vessel, built 1924 by fried. krupp akt. ges., with triple expansion engines of 188nhp. owned at time of loss by kohlen-import-u. poseidon a.g. struck a mine & sank off cuxhaven.(dods).

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 20 meter

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H3734/69 15.12.72 WK SW 9.1MTRS IN 540045N, 081021E. (HAMBURG NM 3846/72).

- NM 39/73. H1271/73 16.5.73 SALVAGE & DEMOLITION OPS. (HAMBURG NM 1598(T)/73). NCA. H3142/69 14.6.74 NOW WK SW 16MTRS IN 540045N, 081014E. (HAMBURG NM 3094/74).

- NM 1230/74. H3142/69 14.6.79 NOW WK SW 15.5MTRS. (HAMBURG NM 2007/79). BR STD. H3142/69 19.8.80 NOW WK SW 18MTRS IN 540045N, 081014E. (HAMBURG NM 2673/80).

- NM 1889/80. H4720/87 28.1.88 NOW WK SW 17.8MTRS. (HAMBURG NM (21)103/50/87). NE 3261. 14.7.98 SHOWN AS WK SW 19.1MTRS ON GERMAN 44 [19TH EDN JAN '98]. NE 3261. HH328/540/05 22.6.99 NOW WK SW 18.5MTRS IN 5400.71N, 0810.16E [EUR]. (GERMAN NM 23/(21)44/99). BR STD. 28.11.07 SHOWN AS WK SW 18.9MTRS [LAT] IN 5400.723N, 0810.167E [WGD] ON GERMAN 44 [INT 1452] [29TH EDN, DEC '06, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 3619. 19.6.15 SHOWN AS SW 18.9MTRS IN 5400.723N, 0810.167E [WGD] ON GERMAN 103. (EDN 9, DTD 27/3/15). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 0.723 N,8 10.167 E

 

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