This is the information page about the shipwreck Leopold david, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 51.777 N,8 44.208 E (53.8571, 8.7448667)

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: LEOPOLD DAVID

Year of registration: 1922

Water depth above wreck: 22 meter

Known since: 1922, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H8139/22 13.12.22 MS "LEOPOLD DAVID" SUNK, DUE TO AN EXPLOSION, IN 535150N, 084432E, ABREAST NO.15 BUOY AT THE QUARANTINE ESTABLISHMENT. LIES IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. SALVAGE OPERATIONS BEGINNING. (BERLIN NM 48/3875/22) - TNM ISSUED. H524/23 19.1.23 OWING TO THE RAPID SILTING OF THE WK RAISING HER HAS BECOME IMPOSSIBLE. SALVAGE VESSELS HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN & WORK DISCONTINUED. (BERLIN NM 23/23) TNM CANCELLED, INS AS DW (1922) "FOUL ANCHORAGE".

- NM ACTION. NOW SHOWN AS FOUL. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) NE 3261. 8.9.50 NO LONGER SHOWN ON GERMAN CHARTS. DELETE. NE 3261. H3142/69 5.3.75 WK 18.8MTRS IN 535149N, 084418E [EUR]. (HAMBURG NM 212/75) NE 3261. H3142/69 5.4.76 WK, SWEPT CLEAR AT 18.8MTRS. (HAMBURG NM 783/76) BR STD. 24.1.96 SHOWN AS WK SW 19.4MTRS ON GERMAN 44D [1996 EDN]. BR STD. SEP 2015/000225963 29.10.15 SHOWN AS WK SW 20MTRS IN 5351.777N, 0844.208E [WGD]. (GERMAN NM 42/44(21)/15). AMEND SW 20MTRS IN REVISED POSN. - BA 5833/15.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 51.777 N,8 44.208 E

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