This is the information page about the shipwreck Seydlitz, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 52.184 N,3 10.949 W (58.844716666667, -3.1926833333333)

 

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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. 090
2. Ac6
3. Almeria
4. Argyll
5. Atlantic (possibly)
6. Avra (possibly)
7. B 109 (part)
8. Bayern (turrets & wreckage)
9. Ben barvas
10. Benachie
11. Bettina danica
12. Bountiful
13. Bremse
14. Brummer
15. Budrie
16. Busy bee (part of)
17. Carolina thornden
18. Carron
19. Challenger
20. Clio
21. Clio ii
22. Collingdoc
23. Copeland
24. Corinthia (stern section)
25. Croma
26. Dalewood (possibly)
27. Danmark (after part)
28. Dresden
29. Duna
30. Dyle
31. Ebanezer
32. Edinboune
33. Elton
34. Emerald wings
35. Empire parsons (possiby)
36. Empire seaman
37. Empire seaman
38. Energy
39. Ephram
40. Excelsior
41. F2
42. Freesia
43. G101
44. G103
45. G104
46. Gartmore
47. Gobernador bories
48. Gondolier
49. Grosser kurfurst
50. Gunnaren
51. Hessen
52. Hindenburg
53. Hmd chance
54. Hmd imbat
55. Hmd lustring
56. Hmd lustring
57. Hmd lustring
58. Hms dewey eve
59. Hms endeavour
60. Hms hampshire
61. Hms loch garry
62. Hms narborough
63. Hms opal
64. Hms pheasant
65. Hms roedean
66. Hms rose valley
67. Hms royal oak
68. Hms strathgarry
69. Hms vanguard
70. Ilsenstein
71. Inconnu
72. Invader
73. Inverlane (bow section)
74. Irene
75. James barrie
76. Johanna thorden
77. Juanita
78. Juniata (fore part)
79. Jv 526
80. Jv 751
81. Kaiser
82. Kaiserin
83. Karlsruhe
84. Kathe niederkirchner
85. Koln
86. Konig
87. Kronprinz wilhelm
88. Lapland
89. Lizzie bain (possibly)
90. Loch maddy (stern section)
91. Lorne
92. Lycia
93. Mara
94. Markgraf
95. Martis
96. Martis
97. Minieh
98. Naja (part of)
99. Napier star
100. Neptune
101. Norholmen
102. Numidian
103. Numidian
104. Ocean racer
105. Pennsylvania
106. Pinnace 288
107. Pinnace 744
108. Pontos
109. Prinzregent luitpold
110. Prudentia
111. Radiation
112. Reginald
113. Reinfield
114. Ronda (part of)(possibly)
115. Ros bui (?part of)(possibly)
116. Rosewood
117. Ross puma
118. Rotherfield
119. S 36 (bow section)
120. Seydlitz
121. Siherite
122. Skua flaes beacon
123. Solan
124. Stellatus
125. Strathelliot
126. Sunbeam
127. Sunlight
128. Tabarka (possibly)
129. Tbf fn899
130. Teeswood
131. Tern 1
132. Thames
133. Thunfisch
134. Ub 116
135. V 78 (part of)
136. V83
137. Yc 21

 

Name: SEYDLITZ

Length 199.9 meter, width: 28.3 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 24610 ton

Cause: scuttled.

Year of registration: 1919

Water depth above wreck: 18 meter, Height above seabed: 95 cm

Known since: 1919, last detected: 2010

Details measurements/cartography: H8464/19 STF (20FT HIGH) SHOWN IN 585212N, 031053W ON SURVEY [C7953]. INS AS STF (1919) (20FT HIGH) ON FLEET CHARTS. H6229/23 13.7.23 INS ON NE 3729.

- NM 1523/23. CP 30134/24 HANDED OVER TO MESSRS COX AND DANKS. CP 18818/28 SALVAGE REPORT. (KHM SCAPA FLOW). CP 20513/28 10.8.28 FURTHER REPORT ON SALVAGE, BLASTING AWAY OF UPPER WORKS STILL IN PROGRESS. CP 26491/28 FURTHER DETAILS RE SALVAGE OF WK. RAISED AND BEING TOWED TO LYNESS PT. CP 28168/28 5.12.28 SAFELY TOWED TO LYNESS PT. TRACING WILL BE FORWARDED OF EXACT POSN. CP 290/29 8.1.29 POSN AT LYNESS PT ALTERED. NOW MOVED FURTHER INSHORE FURTHER. ALTERATION OF POSN INTENDED. NOT YET READY FOR SEA. H270/29 15.1.29 WK NO LONGER CHARTED.

- NM 214/29. CP 9692/29 26.4.29 SEYDLITZ WILL LEAVE FOR ROSYTH UNDER TOW ON 30.4.29 OR 1.5.29. CP 10598/29 16.5.29 TOWED TO ROSYTH. SUPERSTRUCTURE CUT AWAY AND LEFT. 2.11.28 RAISED 2.11.28. (JUTLAND TO JUNKYARD, S C GEORGE). 23.10.39 ORIGINAL POSN NOW CHARTED AS FOUL ANCHORAGE. NC 35. 2.7.80 NOW CHARTED AS FOUL GROUND. H1310/82 1.11.82 PARTS OF SUPERSTRUCTURE REMAIN IN THIS POSN, TOGETHER WITH SALVAGE EQUIPMENT SUCH AS HOSES AND FITTINGS. A HEAP OF COAL, ESTIMATED AT 4000 TONS, REMAINS ON SITE, PRESUMABLY HER BUNKERS. (B WINFIELD, 25.10.82). NCA. HH100/351/21 30.1.04 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. LARGE AMOUNT OF SCRAP METAL SOME 50-75MTRS IN RADIUS, STANDING 2MTRS HIGH. CONSISTS OF PLATES, GIRDERS AND PIPES. SMALL PIECES OF COAL FOUND OVER A LARGE AREA. (CPO JACKSON, NACSAC). NCA. 7.10.10 EXAM'D IN 5852.1836N, 0310.9490W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.45MTRS. (FATHOMS LTD, POST SDC BATHY REPROCESSING). AREA OF DEBRIS, LENGTH APPROX 250MTRS, WIDTH 70MTRS. LIES 095/275 DEGS. HIGH POINT TO N. AMEND FOUL 16.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN, RETAIN LEGEND 'FOUL' CLOSE N. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ONLY WRECKAGE & COAL REMAIN, HT BY DIVER

Position: 58 52.184 N,3 10.949 W

 

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