This is the information page about the shipwreck Nurnberg, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 8.172 N,1 41.738 W (50.167166666667, -11.000666666667)

 

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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. Aalesund (possibly)
2. Ashmun j clough (possibly)
3. Badger (probably)
4. Balmoralwood
5. Bissen
6. Boulgaria
7. Bretagne
8. Bronte (ex-war coney)
9. Cathrine
10. Charles rogers (probably)
11. Cheyenne
12. Coquetdale (probably)
13. Dumfries
14. Dungrange
15. Eika
16. El kahira
17. Eleni stathatou
18. Emile miguet
19. Espagne
20. Etoile des ondes
21. Eugene schneider (probably)
22. Eugene schneider (probably)
23. G-bagh
24. Gairsoppa
25. Georgios kyriakides
26. Goathland
27. Guernsey coast
28. Hartley (possibly)
29. Heronspool
30. Hms courageous
31. Hms michael clements
32. Iduna
33. Ioannis fafalios
34. Kafiristan
35. Kong guttorm (probably)
36. Lenda
37. Leticia
38. Lochavon
39. Louie bell
40. Louisiane
41. Luxor
42. May girl
43. Mera 1
44. Messina
45. Miefield
46. Morning admiral
47. Mount myrto
48. Neree (possibly)
49. Normandy
50. Nurnberg
51. Oiekast (probably)
52. Pangani
53. Pescalanza
54. San fernando
55. Smyrna
56. Sphene
57. Stade (possibly)
58. Theodoros t
59. Tiiu
60. U 122 (possibly)
61. U 480
62. Ub 37 (probably)
63. Vera (probably)
64. Vikholmen
65. Waitara
66. Xania

 

Name: NURNBERG

Length 151.5 meter, width: 14.3 meter, tonnage 6150 ton

Cause: vessel, built 1916 by howaldtswerke kiel, survived attempted scuttling at scapa flow as mooring chains broke and she drifted ashore. (jutland to junkyard s.c. george). sunk during target firing by hms repulse.

Year of registration: 1922

Water depth above wreck: 59 meter, Height above seabed: 140 cm

Known since: 1922, last detected: 1994

Details measurements/cartography: H3603/22 13.7.22 GERMAN LIGHT CRUISER `NURNBERG' SANK IN 500700N, 014300W APPROX. (HMS REPULSE, REPORT DTD 7.7.22). H03135/44 24.8.44 WK REPD IN 500900N, 014124W BY HMS AZALEA. (PORTSMOUTH LIST, 24.8.44). 26.8.44 WK OF 'ASHMUN J CLOUGH' IN 501000N, 014100W. (AUBD 304/98). H03504/51 13.9.51 A LARGE OLD WK LOCATED IN 500812N, 014142W. NO SPECIFIC DIMENSIONS REPD. LIES 070/250DEGS. THOUGHT TO BE WK OF 'ASHMUN J CLOUGH'. (CINC PORTSMOUTH). INS AS NDW. BR STD. 11.8.77 NOW CHARTED AS USC 40MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 2450. 22.1.80 SHOWN AS NDW PA ON FR 878 [DEC '79 EDN]. NCA. 27.2.90 SHOWN AS USC 40MTRS IN 500818N, 014136W [EUR] ON FR 6857 [1986 EDN]. POSN 500817.5N, 014142W [EUR] [ACCURACY 100MTRS]. GEN DEPTH 59MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1990). NCA. HH226/350/02 5.2.91 NOW WK 51MTRS IN 500818N, 014142W [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 90 50 32). BR STD. HH090/588/01 2.11.93 EXAM'D 5.6.93 IN 500810.3N, 014144.3W [WGD] USING HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 51.0 IN GEN DEPTH 59MTRS. SCOUR 1.8MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 8.0MTRS, LENGTH 68MTRS, BREADTH 8MTRS. LARGE INTACT WK LYING 140/320DEGS. GOOD SONAR RESPONSE. (NP 1008, HI 588). SONAR TRACE INDICATES POSSIBILITY OF 2ND WK LYING ALONGSIDE THIS WK. BR STD. HH100/351/08 29.6.94 LOCATED IN 500810N, 014139W [WGD] BY GPS AND INVESTIGATED BY 2 PAIRS OF DIVERS. LEAST DEPTH BY DIVE COMPUTER 53.3 IN GEN DEPTH 61MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1.5MTRS. ESTIMATED LENGTH 450FT, BEAM 43FT. WRECK WELL BROKEN. ONE SIDE OF HULL OR PART OF IT STANDING UPRIGHT. SHIP LIES OVER TO PORT, DECKS COLLAPSED, 2 GUN TURRETS UPSIDE DOWN, ONE WITH TRAINING MECHANISM STILL ATTACHED. VISIBILITY ABOUT 20MTRS+. (J WELCH, 26.6.94). ALMOST CERTAINLY THE 'NURNBERG' PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT TO BE [18855]. NCA. 16.11.98 EUR POSN: 500813.5N, 014139.5W. NC 2613.POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE 29.9.99 LENGTH 130MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1999). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN, ONE SIDE OF HULL STILL STANDS

Position: 50 8.172 N,1 41.738 W

 

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