This is the information page about the shipwreck Stadt riga, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 0.01 N,7 10.137 E (54.0668667, 7.4069)
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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: STADT RIGA
Length 95.5 meter, width: 14.4 meter, draught: 6.5, tonnage 3002 ton
Cause: Ex "andrejs kalnins", built 1907 by clyde s.b. & e. co., with triple expansion engines of 269nhp. former latvian vessel seized by the german government. bombed by british aircraft and sunk w of norderney. (dods).
Year of registration: 1960
Water depth above wreck: 29 meter
Known since: 1960, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: H03101/44 7.11.60 NDW IN 540023N, 070951E. (HAMBURG NM 2580/60). NE 3761. H2140/57 23.2.67 SHOWN AS WKS, SWEPT CLEAR AT 20MTRS [10FMS 5FT], ON GERMAN 87. NE 3761. 18.10.76 SHOWN AS WK SW 20.4MTRS [11FMS 1FT] ON GERMAN 87 [1974 EDN]. NE 1405. H3468/87 10.8.88 POSN AMENDED TO 540003N, 071013E [EUR]. (HAMBURG NM (21)87/27/88). BR STD. 17.12.07 SHOWN AS WK SW 23.6MTRS, IN 5400.010N, 0710.137E [WGD] ON GERMAN 87 [INT 1413] [APR '06 EDN, ADOPTION]. NC 1635. 20.4.15 SHOWN AS SW 23MTRS [LAT] IN 5400.010N, 0710.137E [WGD] ON GERMAN 87 [EDN 10, DTD 3.15].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 54 0.01 N,7 10.137 E