This is the information page about the shipwreck Nordenham, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 54.278 N,7 50.681 E (53.6720667, 8.0892167)

 

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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. Adele ohlrogge
2. Angela
3. Bewerwyk
4. Birgit
5. Cholmogory (or kholmogory)
6. Dw 07
7. Elbe (possibly)
8. Franciska
9. Friedel
10. Gerhardus
11. German empire
12. Grete hauschildt
13. Harborough
14. Johann schulte
15. Johanna
16. Kapa trader
17. Karla sorensen
18. Kellerwald
19. Kjobenhavn
20. Lenas
21. Limsund (fore-part)
22. Lune ii
23. Marianne wear
24. Marko
25. Memelland
26. Miranda
27. Narvik
28. Neubau
29. Nordenham
30. Ocean king
31. Orient
32. Peter deuss
33. Piteaelf
34. Rosafred
35. Saltborn
36. Sperber
37. Tannhauser
38. Tjalk
39. Trondheim
40. U 51 (probably)
41. Vp-boat 1101
42. Widar (or wides)
43. Wilhelm 3
44. Yorck

 

Name: NORDENHAM

Length 58.8 meter, width: 11.9 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 1099 ton
Load: coal

Cause: 12.5.63 vessel, built 1956, by j.j. sietas schiffsw., hamburg. sank following collision with swiss mv rhone during dense fog. on passage riga to rouen. owned at time of loss by g. bartels. crew of 16 rescued. (ll, 11 & 12.5.63 & msd).

Year of registration: 1963

Water depth above wreck: 19 meter

Known since: 1963, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H2876/63 2.8.63 POSN 535428N, 075051. SWEPT CLEAR AT 10.3MTRS [5FMS 4FT]. G BUOYS, INT.QKFL.G, E TOPMARK 0.5C NE & QKFL.G, W TOPMARK 0.5C SW. (HAMBURG NM 2047/63)

- NM 1617/63. H2876/63 13.11.63 DEMOLITION AND SALVAGE WORK IN PROGRESS. (HAMBURG TNM 4168/63) NCA. H2876/63 29.4.64 SWEPT CLEAR AT 17.4MTRS [9FMS 3FT], BUOYS WITHDRAWN. (HAMBURG NM 1365/64)

- NM 857/64. 21.3.72 SHOWN AS GOOD SONAR CONTACT ON GERMAN 49 [1971 EDN]. H3877/80 3.8.83 POSN NOW 535419N, 075053E. SWEPT CLEAR AT 20.1MTRS [11FMS]. (HAMBURG NM 2514/83) BR STD. 13.8.15 SHOWN AS SW 19.2MTRS IN 5354.278N, 0750.681E [WGD] ON DE421030. (EDN 25.3, DTD 7.8.15). AMEND SW 19.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 54.278 N,7 50.681 E

 

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