This is the information page about the shipwreck M49, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 21.51 N,7 48.08 E (55.2465, 7.9555333)

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: M49

Length 58.4 meter, width: 7.3 meter, tonnage 425 ton

Cause: Triple expansion engine of 1400 nhp, two shafts. 3 x 3.4inch guns. mined with loss of 6 lives. (warships of ww1 & k heath)

Year of registration: 05

Water depth above wreck: 22 meter

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/22 28.9.05 WK OF GERMAN WW1 MINESWEEPER LOCATED, BY DIVERS, IN 5521.510N, 0748.078E [WGD]. LIES IN 2 PIECES, WITH 2 GUNS FORWARD AND 1 AFT. (AEGIR SUB-AQUA CLUB, TELECON 21.9.05). INS AS NDW. BR STD. HH100/351/22 31.10.05 WK STANDS NO MORE THAN 4MTRS HIGH AT ITS HIGHEST POINT, WHICH IS THE GUN AFT THE BOILER, AND WRECK LIES ON ITS STARBOARD SIDE. (K HEATH, E-MAIL DTD 31.10.05). DANISH HO INFORMED. NFA YET. HH331/410/03 30.11.05 WK PROJECTING 4MTRS ABOVE SEABED LIES IN 5521.51N, 0748.08E [WGD]. DEPTH OVER ESTIMATED TO BE 16MTRS. (DANISH NM 46/1124/05). BR STD. HH331/410/03 6.12.05 NOW WK USC 16MTRS IN 5521.51N, 0748.08E [WGD]. (DANISH NM 47/420/05).

- NM 83/06. HH100/351/22 5.4.06 IDENTIFIED AS M49 BY 3 GUNS. SINKING POSN FOR M49 GIVEN AS 5517.0N, 0743.0E IN GERMAN WARSHIPS 1815-1945 BY GRONNER. (K HEATH, E-MAIL DTD 4.4.06) NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN 2 PIECES, LYING ON STARBOARD SIDE, HEIGHT FROM DIVER

Position: 55 21.51 N,7 48.08 E

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