This is the information page about the shipwreck Melanie schulte (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 43.883 N,8 58.3 W (58.583, -9.0343333333333)

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: MELANIE SCHULTE (POSSIBLY)

Length 135.9 meter, width: 17.7 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 6170 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: built in 1952 by nordseewerke, emden. owned at time of loss by schulte & bruns. passage narvik for mobile. sank in bad weather. wreckage washed ashore in benbecula in feb 1953. (dods).

Year of registration: 1952

Water depth above wreck: 1500 meter

Known since: 1952, last detected: 1998

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 90 MILES W OF THE HEBRIDES. (DODS). HH272/710/02 14.9.98 WK IN 584353N, 085818W [?WGD] USING TOBI [TOWED OCEAN BOTTOM INSTRUMENT]. LENGTH 120MTRS, WIDTH 21MTRS, ESTIMATED HT 8MTRS. (DR T LE BAS, SOUTHAMPTON OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE, LTR DTD SEP 1998). COULD BE THIS VESSEL. NCA, FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 58 43.883 N,8 58.3 W

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