This is the information page about the shipwreck Rosafred, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 51.902 N,8 6.94 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. Adriana
3. Angela
4. Antoniette
5. Birgit
6. Cholmogory (or kholmogory)
7. Ditmar koel
8. Dunja
9. Dw 07
10. Elbe (possibly)
11. Elbe 1 lt vessel
12. Franciska
13. Friedel
14. Gerhardus
15. Grete hauschildt
16. Harborough
17. Haren
18. Henkie
19. Johann schulte
20. Johanna
21. Jupiter
22. Karla
23. Karla sorensen
24. Kellerwald
25. Kirkwood
26. Konigsberg-preussen
27. Lenas
28. Luise leonhardt
29. Lune ii
30. Marianne wear
31. Mellum
32. Memelland
33. Merlin
34. Narvik
35. Neubau
36. Nordenham
37. Piteaelf
38. Ramme
39. Rosafred
40. Sperber
41. St christoph
42. Trondheim
43. U 51 (probably)
44. Werner vinnen
45. Widar (or wides)
46. Yorck

 

Name: ROSAFRED

Length 71.9 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1348 ton

Cause: Built 1922 by scheepsbouw de amer, with triple expansion engines of 153nhp. owned at time of loss by verkebacks angf.-a/b. on passage emden to sweden. torpedoed & sunk by allied aircraft off bremerhaven. (dods).

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 13 meter

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H8674/47 17.12.47 WK OF SS ROSAFRED IN 535200N, 080714E. (HAMBURG NM 2126/47) NE 3346. H8674/47 20.12.48 SWEPT CLEAR AT 9.2MTRS [5FMS] IN 535206.5N, 080705.7E. MARKED BY G BUOY, W TOPMARK. (HAMBURG NM 2249/48). BR STD. H4623/45 2.10.56 SALVAGE IN PROGRESS. (HAMBURG TNM 3109/56). NCA. H2196/54 23.11.84 AREA NOW FOUL. (HAMBURG NM 3981/84). BR STD. 36.8.15 SHOWN AS SW 15.1MTRS IN 5351.902N, 0806.940E [WGD] ON DE421030. (EDN 25.3, DTD 7.8.15). AMEND SW 15.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 51.902 N,8 6.94 E

 

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