This is the information page about the shipwreck S 36 (bow section), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 52.725 N,3 10.594 W (58.844716666667, -3.1926833333333)
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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 36 (BOW SECTION)
Length 79.6 meter, width: 8.2 meter, tonnage 802 ton
Cause: scuttled.
Year of registration: 1921
Water depth above wreck: 0 meter
Known since: 1921, last detected: 2020
Details measurements/cartography: CP30339/25 STATES SIXTH DESTROYER RAISED S 32 OR S 36. CP22830/28 & CP27298/29 S 36 BEACHED ON W SIDE OF CAVA. H2805/30 29.5.30 WK WITH BOW HIGH ON BEACH IN 585245N, 031030W. USED IN CONNECTION WITH SALVAGE OF HINDENBURG. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). 23.10.39 INS AS STF IN 585245N, 031030W. NC 35. 16.10.79 SHOWN AS ST ON NC 35. H1287/75 15.10.75 FROM LOCAL INFORMATION & BOOK 'JUTLAND TO JUNKYARD' BY S C GEORGE, NAME THOUGHT TO BE NURNBURG. WRECKAGE CONSISTENT WITH THAT OF A LIGHT CRUISER, ONLY BOW SECTION REMAINS, AND WHAT REMAINS OF THAT IS CONSIDERABLY BROKEN UP. (CPO DUNFORD, PHANTOM SERVICING SCHOOL, RAF LINCOLN). 2.10.03 EUT POSN: 5852.725N, 0310.594W. NE 2581. 16.3.09 WK IN THIS POSN IS THE REMAINS OF GERMAN DESTROYER S 36. (K HEATH, TELECON 20.2.09)
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: ONLY WELL BROKEN-UP BOW SECTION REMAINS
Position: 58 52.725 N,3 10.594 W