This is the information page about the shipwreck Kronan, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 26.583 N,16 41.963 E (56.272066666667, 16.56575)

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: KRONAN

Length 60 meter, width: 13.1 meter

Cause: sank while manoeuvring prior to battle between swedish and combined danish/dutch fleet.

Year of registration: 1980

Water depth above wreck: 26 meter

Known since: 1980, last detected: 2022

Details measurements/cartography: 30.3.89 WK LOCATED IN 1980, IN 26MTRS, ABOUT 3.2M OFF HULTERSTAD ON E COAST OF OLAND. (SEASCAPE, NO.24, APRIL 1989, P.13). HH318/425/01 21.11.90 TO PROTECT WK AREA OF ROYAL SHIP KRONAN, ANCHORING, FISHING, AND DIVING PROHIBITED WITHIN THE FOLLOWING POSNS: (A) 562700N, 164230E; (B) 562700N, 164130E; (C) 562600N, 164130E (D) 562600N, 164230E. (SWEDISH NM 608(T)/90). CENTRAL POSN FOR FILING: 2626.506N, 1641.772E.

- NM 3426/90. 3.6.90 WGD POSN: 5626.500N, 1642.000E. NE2251. SEP 2015/000273613 25.1.16 NOT SHOWN ON SWEDISH 71 [ED3, COR 18.11.15]. AMEND DEAD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 56 26.583 N,16 41.963 E

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