This is the information page about the shipwreck Nordfahrt, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 36.53 N,10 57.37 E (54.6084167, 10.8227667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: NORDFAHRT
Length 92.7 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2543 ton
Cause: Mined in kiel bay. (dod).
Year of registration: 1945
Water depth above wreck: 27 meter
Known since: 1945, last detected: 2022
Details measurements/cartography: H4656/45 8.10.45 DW IN 542624N, 105706E. (KIEL NM 9/45).
- NM 3046/45. H751/46 9.9.47 LEAST DEPTH NOW 12MTRS IN 543640N, 105745E. (HAMBURG NM 1468/47). AMEND TO WK 6FMS 3FT.
- NM 2316/47. H751/46 1.11.47 LEAST DEPTH NOW 14.9MTRS. (HAMBURG NM 1791/47). AMEND TO WK 8FMS 1FT.
- NM 2895/47. 20.1.51 SHOWN AS FOUL ON GERMAN 30 [1950]. BR STD. 16.8.66 SHOWN AS WK 18MTRS ON DANISH 186. AMEND TO WK 9FMS 5FT.
- NM 1526/66. H2026/63 23.8.71 FOUL AREA CLOSE NE TO BE EXPUNGED. (HAMBURG NM 2737/71). NCA. H2026/63 16.12.71 NOW SWEPT CLEAR AT 17.1MTRS. (HAMBURG NM 4079/71). AMEND TO SW 9FMS 2FT.
- NM 93/72. H3050/75 29.6.76 LEAST DEPTH NOW 21.3MTRS. (DANISH NM 822/76). AMEND TO WK 11FMS.
- NM 1310/76. 7.2.80 SHOWN AS WK 21.3MTRS ON GERMAN 30. AMEND TO WK 11FMS 4FT. NE 2364. H3516/72 15.7.82 NOW SWEPT CLEAR AT 18.8MTRS IN 543636N, 105724E. (HAMBURG NM 2273/82). AMEND TO SW 10FMS 1FT.
- NM 1821/82. HH100/351/08 9.2.94 REFERRED TO AS REMAINS OF THE 'NORDVAARD' SUNK IN 1947. (SGT S ROBERTS, 17.1.94). HH327/450/04 25.11.03 NOW SW 22.8MTRS IN 5436.53N, 1057.37E [WGD]. (GERMAN NM 46/(16)36/03).
- NM 5658/03. SEP 2015/000077455 15.4.16 WK SW 22.5MTRS IN 5436.530N, 1057.370E [WGD] SHOWN IN GERMAN 30. [ED 13, CORR TO 11/03/16]. AMEND TO SW 22.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 54 36.53 N,10 57.37 E