This is the information page about the shipwreck Kura (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 60 12.539 N,27 40.679 E (60.09905, 27.95915)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: KURA (PROBABLY)
Length 109.7 meter, width: 16.5 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 3560 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid
Cause: 19.12.77 built 1960 by kieler howaldtswerke a.g., kiel. sank near sommers islands, while on passage leningrad to havana. (ll, 19.12.77 & msd).
Year of registration: 1977
Water depth above wreck: 10 meter
Known since: 1977, last detected: 2021
Details measurements/cartography: H2491/72 15.7.77 STRANDED WK IN 601230N, 274030E. (HAMBURG NM 22/2114/77).
- NM 1702/77. H2491/72 21.9.77 STRANDED IN 601231N, 274048E. (USSR NM 6291/77). NCA. 15.12.77 MV KURA "LOST" AND NEAR SOMMERS ISLAND. (LL, 10.12.77). 30.12.77 LOST 31.10.76 IN 601252N, 274008E APPROX. (LL, 17.12.77). 19.7.88 ST SHOWN IN 601236N, 274108E ON RUSSIAN 403 [1986 EDN]. 20.1.94 RUSSIAN CD POSN: 601230N, 274042E. NE 2264. 6.7.04 SHOWN IN 6012.584N, 2740.720E [UND] ON RUSSIAN 25055 [SEP'02 EDN]. NE 2264.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 60 12.539 N,27 40.679 E