This is the information page about the shipwreck Mecklenburg, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 43.406 N,1 54.04 E (52.0243333, 2.0596167)

 

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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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7. Churston
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10. Cormount (probably)
11. Coureur des mers
12. Cressdene (possibly)
13. Deo gratias
14. Duiveland
15. Duke of york (bows)
16. Ellewoutsdijk
17. Empress of midland (possibly)
18. Erna boldt (probably)
19. Estrella (possibly)
20. Flores (probably)
21. Forth
22. Franz fischer (possibly)
23. Fulmar
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25. Hardingham (probably)
26. Harlington (probably)
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28. Harriet
29. Hebe
30. Hendon hall
31. Highwave (probably)
32. Hillglen
33. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
34. Hms donna nook
35. Hms duchess of hamilton
36. Hms forward iii
37. Hms franc tireur
38. Hms hastfen
39. Hms holdene
40. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
41. Hms leandros
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44. Hms nadine
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47. Hms velia (possibly)
48. Hmsm e6
49. Hmtb 10
50. Hnlms 227
51. Ingi
52. Ionian (possibly)
53. J c dalble
54. Janny
55. Jarita
56. Karmt
57. Khartoum (possibly)
58. La flandre (possibly)
59. Lady salisbury
60. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
61. Lonhelen (possibly)
62. Lord bute
63. Marie leonhardt (probably)
64. Mecklenburg
65. Mexico
66. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
67. Moidart
68. Nautilus
69. Nereus
70. Nico
71. Nicolaos piangos
72. Old charlton
73. Palembang (probably)
74. Paullette
75. Peik
76. Peter hamre
77. Polgarth
78. Port dalhousie (possibly)
79. Ravenscraig (possibly)
80. Salerno (possibly)
81. Savona (probably)
82. Shardana
83. Simon bolivar
84. Storm
85. Thyra
86. Tummel (probably)
87. Uc 11 (possibly)
88. Vecht (probably)
89. Velocitas
90. Victorious
91. Volscian (possibly)
92. Warrenpoint
93. Wychwood (possibly)
94. Yarmouth

 

Name: MECKLENBURG

Length 106.7 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 2885 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: Mined.

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 39 meter, Height above seabed: 52 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H4793/16 MAST VISIBLE ABOVE HW. - FNM 389/16. H7718/18 INS ON CHARTS AS DW. H3972/56 13.10.56 OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR 60FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 81FT. SEABED DEPTH 133FT. GOOD SONAR CONTACTS FROM ALL DIRECTIONS. NO SWIRL. (HMS OWEN, ROS DTD 27.4.56). AMEND TO WK 13FMS.

- NM 1984/56. H4988/71 4.1.72 EXAM'D IN 514327N, 015408E [EUR] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 27.9MTRS, FOUL 28.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 28.2 IN GEN DEPTH 39.0MTRS. SCOUR 41.0 MTRS. ABOUT 120FT LONG. LYING E/W. (HMS FAWN). AMEND TO SW 15FMS 2FT. NO AMENDMENT TO POSN. BR STD. 23.5.73 AMEND TO SW 28.0MTRS. NC 2051. H4988/71 17.1.80 EXAM'D 31.3.79 IN 514323N, 015407E [EUR] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. INTACT WK, SITTING UPRIGHT ON SMOOTH GRAVEL & SAND, HIGHEST PART MIDSHIPS SUPERSTRUCTURE. DCS3 HT 8.35MTRS. LENGTH 80MTRS, BEAM 12MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 46/79). NCA. HH090/667/01 21.12.95 EXAM'D 13.7.95 IN 514324.12N, 015402.14E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 28.8, FOUL 29.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 31.5 IN GEN DEPTH 39-40MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1.0MTR. DCS3 HT 7.5MTRS. LENGTH 125MTRS, WIDTH 35MTRS. LIES 038/218 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT AND INTACT ALTHOUGH SOME DETERIORATION IS PRESENT. COVERED WITH FISHING NETS AND BUOYS. (OCEONICS, HI 667). SWEEP INCOMPLETE, RETAIN AS CHARTED IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2019/000118750 11.12.18 EXAM'D 11.12.18 IN 5143.406N, 0154.040E [WGD] LEAST WCD DEPTH 30.73MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS. LENGTH 87MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS, HT 8.26MTRS, ORIENTATION 52 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 750MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS, DEPTH 1.0MTRS, ORIENTATION 201 DEGS. UPRIGHT AND WELL DISINTEGRATED. (MPV POHJANMERI, HI1579). AMEND TO NON-DANGEROUS WRECK IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT & WELL DISINTEGRATED

Position: 51 43.406 N,1 54.04 E

 

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