This is the information page about the shipwreck Magdeburg, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 13.086 N,5 1.139 W (48.304416666667, -4.8459166666667)

 

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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.

 

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Name: MAGDEBURG

Length 158 meter, width: 20 meter, draught: 8.4, tonnage 6629 ton

Cause: built 1958 by warnowwerft, warnemunde. owned at time of loss by deutsche seereederei. capsized after a collision with japanese mv 'yamashiro maru' in oct 1964, off broadness pt, river thames. salvage teams refloated the vessel in aug 1965 and it was taken to tilbury docks for repairs, it was subsequently sold to greek interests. vessel sprang a leak and sank during stormy weather in the bay of biscay, about 20m off brest, whilst on passage under tow tilbury for piraeus to be completely repaired and refitted. (msd).

Year of registration: 1965

Water depth above wreck: 58 meter

Known since: 1965, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H3737/64 26.1.66 SANK ABOUT 20M OFF BREST, GEN DEPTH 50FMS. (LLOYDS LIST). INS AS NDW IN 481330N, 050100W. BR STD. H3464/70 25.8.72 LOCATED IN 481307N, 050108W BY FRENCH VESSEL 'CYBELE'. (PARIS NM 72 32 09). AMEND TO WK 19FMS [35MTRS] IN 481307N, 050108W. BR STD. 24.10.75 SHOWN ON FRENCH 5316. NE 20. H3464/70 7.3.77 NM ACTION TO INSERT WK 19FMS [35MTRS] IN 481307N, 050108W.

- NM 665/77. 6.10.83 SHOWN AS WK 35MTRS IN 481311N, 050106W [EUR] ON FRENCH 6593 [1983 EDN]. ALSO LISTED IN FRENCH WK RECORDS, NO.14585065. H4270/85 28.10.87 LEAST DEPTH NOW 48MTRS. (BREST NM 87 40 23). AMEND TO WK 48MTRS IN 481311N, 050106W. BR STD. 12.8.93 WK, LEAST DEPTH 48MTRS, IN 481307.6N, 050101.7W [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 20MTRS, GEN DEPTH 66MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987, NO.14585065). SHOWN IN 481308N, 050102W ON FRENCH 7172 [1991 EDN]. AMEND POSN TO 481307.6N, 050101.7W [EUR]. BR STD. SEP 2008/000048875 10.9.08 SHOWN AS WK 49MTRS ON FRENCH 7076 [1ST 2008 CORRECT TO 23.5.08, 1:350,000, 3RD SCALE]. BR STD. 17.2.10 SEP 2009000084718 17.2.10 SHOWN AS WK 48MTRS IN 4813.086N, 0501.139W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7066 [INT 1800] [3RD EDN 2006, CORRECT TO NM 25-37-09, 1:150,000, 2ND SCALE], BUT AS WK 49MTRS ON FRENCH 7148 [INT 1831] [3RD EDN 2008, 1:50,000, LARGEST SCALE]. RETAIN AS WK 49MTRS IN AMENDED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 48 13.086 N,5 1.139 W

 

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