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 (52.024333333333, 2.0596166666667)

 

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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.

 

1. Alabama (possibly)
2. Amor
3. Andre
4. Angelus
5. Batavier 5
6. Blackhill
7. Cerne
8. Churston
9. Coalgas
10. Cormorant
11. Cormount (probably)
12. Coureur des mers
13. Cressdene (possibly)
14. Deo gratias
15. Duiveland
16. Duke of york (bows)
17. Ellewoutsdijk
18. Empress of midland (possibly)
19. Erna boldt (probably)
20. Estrella (possibly)
21. Flores (probably)
22. Forth
23. Franz fischer (possibly)
24. Fulmar
25. Groeswen (probably)
26. Hardingham (probably)
27. Harlington (probably)
28. Harlyn (probably)
29. Harriet
30. Hebe
31. Hendon hall
32. Heworth
33. Highwave (probably)
34. Hillglen
35. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
36. Hms donna nook
37. Hms duchess of hamilton
38. Hms forward iii
39. Hms franc tireur
40. Hms hastfen
41. Hms holdene
42. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
43. Hms leandros
44. Hms lord airedale
45. Hms maida (possibly)
46. Hms nadine
47. Hms resono (possibly)
48. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
49. Hms velia (possibly)
50. Hmsm e6
51. Hmtb 10
52. Hnlms 227
53. Ingi
54. Ionian (possibly)
55. J c dalble
56. Janny
57. Jarita
58. Karmt
59. Khartoum (possibly)
60. La flandre (possibly)
61. Lady salisbury
62. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
63. Lonhelen (possibly)
64. Lord bute
65. Marie leonhardt (probably)
66. Mecklenburg
67. Mexico
68. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
69. Moidart
70. Nautilus
71. Nereus
72. Nico
73. Nicolaos piangos
74. Old charlton
75. Palembang (probably)
76. Paullette
77. Peik
78. Peter hamre
79. Polgarth
80. Port dalhousie (possibly)
81. Ravenscraig (possibly)
82. Salerno (possibly)
83. Savona (probably)
84. Shardana
85. Simon bolivar
86. Storm
87. Thyra
88. Tummel (probably)
89. Uc 11 (possibly)
90. Vecht (probably)
91. Velocitas
92. Victorious
93. Volscian (possibly)
94. Warrenpoint
95. Wychwood (possibly)
96. 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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