This is the information page about the shipwreck Munchen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 7.295 N,2 46.464 W (56.429816666667, -2.6064)

 

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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: MUNCHEN

Length 110.9 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 3250 ton

Cause: built in 1904 in weser, bremen, germany. four cylinder triple expansion engines of 10000nhp, twin shaft. assigned to britain in 1920 for scrap. sunk in torpedo explosive experiments in 1921. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1921

Water depth above wreck: 54 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1921, last detected: 1993

Details measurements/cartography: H5729/21 25.10.21 MUNCHEN EXPERIMENTS COMPLETED. VESSEL SUNK IN 560700N, 024550W. (ADMIRAL ROSYTH, 17.9.21). INS AS NDW. BR STD. H2618/60 29.7.60 EXAM'D 7.9.59 IN 560718N, 024621W. VERY GOOD SONAR CONCTACT FROM SE AND NW. LEAST E/S DEPTH 148 IN GEN DEPTH 185FT. NO SCOUR. (HMS SCOTT, 1959). AMEND POSN BR STD. 12.1.70 REQUEST BY I D NEWLANDS, FIFE, TO PURCHASE WK. (N/CP57283/69). 31.8.73 AMEND TO USC 28MTRS. NC 734. 2.6.87 AMEND TO USC 35MTRS. NE 734. (ESTIMATED DEPTH RE-ASSESSED). HH090/605/01 26.1.94 EXAM'D 22.8.93 IN 560718.0N, 024622.3W [OGB] USING MICROFIX [3 LOPS]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 40.3 IN GEN DEPTH 53.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 9.0MTRS, LENGTH 112MTRS, BREADTH 20MTRS. INTACT, WELL DEFINED WK LYING 090/270 DEG. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD., HI 605).

- NM 559/94.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, WELL DEFINED

Position: 56 7.295 N,2 46.464 W

 

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