This is the information page about the shipwreck Pagenturm, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 38.053 N,0 13.026 W (50.6342167, -0.2171)

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: PAGENTURM

Length 122.2 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 5000 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: Built in 1909 by j c tecklenborg ag, greestemunde. three boilers, 4 cylinder triple expansion engine of 474 nhp, single shaft. passage sheerness for barrry. had been requisitioned & armed for defensive purposes by admiralty. torpedoed by ub-40 16m. 4 men lost. (sibi & ll ww1).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 44 meter, Height above seabed: 15 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 1983

Details measurements/cartography: H1283/75 1.5.75 WK LOCATED IN 503801N, 001302W [OGB] USING DECCA. LYING NE/SW & STANDS APPROX 65FT [20MTRS] HIGH. SUSPECT THAT THIS IS WK OF 'MOLDAVIA'. (D M DILLINGHAM, SUBSERVS, 25.4.75). SEE [19852]. CHART AS WK 22MTRS [12FMS].

- NM 1031/75. 29.9.75 THIS IS A LARGE CARGO VESSEL, APPROX 5-6000 TONS. CERTAINLY NOT THE WK OF 'MOLDAVIA'. (LONDON BSAC, TELECON, 29.9.75). NCA. H2326/75 11.8.75 WK FIXED IN 503801.8N, 001257.3W [OGB] USING DECCA. (E GILES). NCA. H1965/76 9.7.79 LOCATED IN 503801N, 001251W [OGB]. LENGTH FROM DCS3 APPROX 60MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 37A/77). AMEND POSN. BR STD. H1965/76 11.12.79 EXAM'D 17.10.79 IN 503804N, 001256W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 31.2 IN GEN DEPTH 52MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 16MTRS, LENGTH 136MTRS, BEAM 24MTRS. LYING N/S. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 37A/77). AMEND TO WK 31MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H1965/76 27.11.80 EXAM'D 4.5.80 IN 503801N, 001256W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 30.5 IN GEN DEPTH 44MTRS. SCOUR, RUNNING WHOLE LENGTH OF WK, 5MTRS DEEP. HYDROSEARCH LENGTH 110.5MTRS, BEAM 25.3MTRS, HT 20.5MTRS. LYING ON ITS SIDE. SUPERSTRUCTURE & POOP DECKS REMAIN. LYING 015/195DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 37A/77). AMEND TO WK 23MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H1310/81/30 21.9.82 POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS 'PAGENTURM' BY A PLATE. LIES ON STBD BEAM, DECK ALMOST VERTICAL, BOWS NORTH. DEEP SCOUR ON W SIDE. MANY NETS & FISHING LINES. (T W BENETTO, 17.9.82). NCA. H1310/83/29 20.6.83 LIES BOWS N WITH UP TO 10MTRS DEEP SCOUR ON E SIDE. THREE GUNS, PROBABLY 4INCH CALIBRE, FITTED ON DECK AFT & ON PORT & STBD QUARTERS. WK HAS TRANSVERSE FRACTURE APPROX AMIDSHIPS. (M SNELLING, SOUTHERN MARINE SERVICES, 14.6.83). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UK NM 3576/18

Position: 50 38.053 N,0 13.026 W

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