This is the information page about the shipwreck M 56 (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 12.571 N,6 58.333 E (54.3673, 6.7025667)

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: M 56 (POSSIBLY)

Length 58.5 meter, width: 7.3 meter, draught: 2.3, tonnage 480 ton

Cause: Mined in n sea. (german war notice 572/18 & warships of ww1). built 1916 by vulcan. mined with loss of 6 lives. (die deutschen kriegsschiffe)

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 34 meter

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H7747/18 20.12.18 WK [OLD SYMBOL] (1917), IN 541206N, 065930E [SEE DEAD RECORD 29902]. (GERMAN WAR NOTICE 572/18). BR STD. H256/27 27.1.27 AMENDED TO NDW (1917). NE 2182A. H3734/69 17.10.72 NOW WK SW 32.3MTRS [18FMS], IN 541236N, 065833E. (HAMBURG NM 3292/72). NE 1405. 8.11.77 AMENDED TO WK SW 31.3MTRS [17FMS 4FT]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 1405. SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 541200N, 065800E. (DIE DEUTSCHEN KRIEGSSCHIFFE) 30.4.87 SHOWN AS WK SW 32MTRS ON GERMAN 87D [1986 EDN]. NE 2182B. 18.2.94 WK SW 33.3MTRS SHOWN ON GERMAN 50 [REPRINT CORRECT TO 17.12.93]. BR STD. 27.10.07 SHOWN IN 5412.56N, 0658.47E [WGD] ON GERMAN 87 [INT 1413] [APR '06 EDN, ADOPTION]. NC 1635. 17.4.15 SHOWN AS SW 32.9MTRS [LAT] IN 5412.560N, 0658.470E [WGD] ON GERMAN 87 [EDN 10, DTD 3.15].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 12.571 N,6 58.333 E

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