This is the information page about the shipwreck S 115 (possibly)., the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 6.56 N,3 43.98 E (53.11445, 3.66645)
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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: S 115 (POSSIBLY).
Length 63.4 meter, width: 7 meter, tonnage 406 ton
Cause: Built in 903 and referred to as 'grosse torpedoboote' s 115 in die deutschen kriegsschiffe. sunk by gunfire from cruiser hms undaunted and four destroyers.
Year of registration: 1914
Water depth above wreck: 27 meter
Known since: 1914, last detected: 2020
Details measurements/cartography: 4 SMALL GERMAN DESTROYERS SUNK BY BRITISH CRUISER & DESTROYERS IN 530700N, 034000E. POSN GIVEN IN VARIOUS GERMAN RECORDS & LOSS BOOKS AS 524850N, 034953E. M02889 GIVES NAMES OF GERMAN DESTROYERS. H6411/21 15.5.21 DANGEROUS AREA (WKS 1914), RADIUS 3M CENTRED ON 530700N, 034000E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. H7741/26 3.12.26 AMEND TO NDWPD (1914). BR STD. H336/31 19.1.31 AMEND NDWP. NE 1408. H6413/59 14.11.60 DELETE FROM 1408. STS.
- NM 2787/60. H1128/61 10.6.68 SHOWN AS DW PD ON NETH 1037.
- NM 915/68. 30.6.72 SHOWN IN 530654N, 034100E. (DANISH FISHERY CHART 5302 [1965]). 30.11.72 SHOWN AS DWPD IN 530654N, 034006E [EUR]. (NETH FISHERY CHART 1955 [REC'D 7.11.72]). 28.8.73 SHOWN AS DW ON NC 2182A. H3878/75 7.10.75 DELETE. (NETH NM 2228/75).
- NM 3566/93. H2356/76 29.3.76 SHOWN ON MICROFILMED DATA DTD 20.1.76. 11.7.89 UNCHARTED RECORDS, NAMED AS S115, 117, 118 & 119, ALL IN 530655N, 034004E [EUR]. (NETH WK RECORDS - JAN'88 EDN - NO.K18-1027). HH340/620/01 5.10.93 OBSTN IN 530635.5N, 034402.5E [EUR]. (NETH NM 530/93).POSSIBLY ONE OF THESE WKS.
- NM 3566/93. HH340/620/01 21.10.93 NOW OBSTN 26MTRS. (NETH NM 567/93). BR STD. HH340/620/07 7.7.04 NOW FOUL IN 5306.56N, 0343.97E [WGD]. (NETH NM 27/346/04).
- NM 3841/04. SEP 2015/000274202 21.12.15 NOW WK 26MTRS IN 5306.56N, 0343.98E [WGD]. (NETHERLANDS NM 50/509/15). AMEND DW 26MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 53 6.56 N,3 43.98 E