This is the information page about the shipwreck Leipzig (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 51.96 N,6 15.66 E (57.833333333333, 6.5)

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: LEIPZIG (PROBABLY)

Length 177.1 meter, width: 16.2 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 6710 ton
Load: armament,chemicals

Cause: scuttled.

Year of registration: 1946

Water depth above wreck: 300 meter

Known since: 1946, last detected: 1976

Details measurements/cartography: POSN 575300N, 061300E, APPROX. (MISS H WHITE, NAVAL HISTORICAL LIBRARY). NCA. H1310/80 15.7.80 H1310/80 15.7.80 REPD TO HAVE BEEN SCUTTLED WITH A CARGO OF ABOUT 1000TONS OF POISONOUS GAS. (W G OFFLAND, 14.6.80). 17.4.85 17.4.85 LOCATED IN 575200N, 061545E [EUR] USING PU8. DCS3 HT 7MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 300MTRS. LENGTH ABOUT 95MTRS. (NORWEGIAN WK RECORDS). IN OVER 200MTRS. NCA. H4043/80 8.5.85 H4043/80 8.5.85 POSN 575206N, 061545E. (NORWEGIAN NM 496/85). NCA. H4043/80 11.3.87 H4043/80 11.3.87 TO BE SUBJECTED TO AN EXAMINATION BY NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AS CARGO FROM THIS, AND OTHER WKS, IS SUSPECTED TO BE LEAKING. (DAILY TELEGRAPH 27.1.87). 5.2.88 5.2.88 WK SHOWN WITHIN RESTRICTED AREA, LEGEND (POISONOUS GAS), IN 575200N, 061545E [EUR] ON NORWEGIAN 306. INS NDW WITHIN RESTRICTED AREA, LEGEND (POISONOUS GAS), IN 575200N, 061545E.

- NM 620/88. H4169/87 14.11.90 H4169/87 14.11.90 SCUTTLED 20.7.46 IN 575300N, 061300E, APPROX. (F LAURIN, 18.10.90). NCA. 8.3.05 8.3.05 WGD POSN: 5751.960N, 0615.660E. NE 275.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 57 51.96 N,6 15.66 E

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