This is the information page about the shipwreck Lutzow, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 16.66 N,5 39.987 E (55.9911167, 5.5519667)

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: LUTZOW

Length 210 meter, width: 29 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 26600 ton

Cause: Torpedoed by hms acasta during the battle of jutland after previously being badly damaged by gunfire from hm ships lion and princess royal. she became unmanageable, was abandoned by crew and eventually sank.

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 42 meter, Height above seabed: 15 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: H3468/20 SUNK IN 561700N, 052800E APPROX. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL]. H315/27 12.2.27 NOW CHARTED AS NDW PA (1916). (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) NE 2182B. H3927/60 1.9.60 SALVAGE OPS REPORTED IN PROGRESS IN 561700N, 054100E. (HAMBURG NM 2582/60). H3927/60 13.9.60 SALVAGE OPS COMPLETED. (HAMBURG NM 3510/60). NCA. 31.7.72 WK SHOWN IN 561710N, 052750E ON DANISH FISHERIES 5604 [REC'D 1965]. 12.1.84 SHOWN AS NDW IN 561700N, 052800E [EUR] ON DANISH 93 (INT 1044) [0CT'83 EDN]. HH100/351/04 29.7.91 DIVED ON IN 1990 IN 561642N, 053901E BY DANISH DIVERS. POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED, NAME PLATE RECOVERED. REGULARLY FISHED. POSN CONSIDERED LIKELY TO BE VERY ACCURATE. (BATTLE OF JUTLAND - 75TH ANNIVERSARY EXPED. REPORT 3.7.91). AMEND POSN. BR STD. SEP 2011/000014970 24.2.11 NOT SHOWN ON DANISH 93 [NE DTD 12.2010]. DELETE. BR STD. SEP 2015/000111115 24.7.15 NOT LOCATED, NFS. (HMS ECHO, SNT03/15). NCA. SEP 2015/000191865 2.9.15 EXAM'D 29.8.15 IN 5616.636N, 0539.966E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 36.28MTRS IN GEN DEPTHS 42MTRS. LENGTH 181MTRS, WIDTH 32MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 3MTRS, RUNNING ALONGSIDE NW SIDE OF THE WRECK. UPTURNED, BOWS SW. (HMS ECHO, SNT03/15). AMEND TO NDW 36MTRS IN REVISED POSN. 21.9.15 EXAM'D 29.8.15 IN 5616.660N, 0539.987E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 36.18MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 42MTRS, LENGTH 181MTRS, WIDTH 32RS, HT 6.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 015/195. WRECK APPEARS TO BE IN ONE PIECE, UPSIDE DOWN WITH BOWS LYING TO THE SW. (HMS ECHO H102/14/15 AND SNT0315_H525_11, DTD 30.8.15). MOVE TO REVISED POSN.

- NM 5035/15. SEP 2016/000072600 13.4.16 NDW SHOWN IN 5616.660N, 0539.987E [WGD]. DENMARK 93[ED 8 CORR TO 26/02/16]. AMEND TO NDW IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPTURNED, BOWS SW.

Position: 56 16.66 N,5 39.987 E

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