This is the information page about the shipwreck Steuben, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 13.423 N,16 40.816 E (55.240033333333, 16.456)

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.

Name: STEUBEN

Length 160.3 meter, width: 19.8 meter, draught: 13.1, tonnage 14660 ton

Cause: built in 1923 by vulkan werke. onwed at time of loss by norddeutscher lloyd. triple expansion engines & lp turbine of 1622nhp. torpedoed and sunk by russian submarine s13, between stolpe bank and the pomeranian coast while carrying troops and some 1000 civilian evacuees from east prussia. sank quickly with heavy loss of life, believed to be in the region of 3000. (dods & sea breezes).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 70 meter, Height above seabed: 60 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2023

Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN GIVEN AS BETWEEN STOLPE BANK AND POMERANIAN COAST. (DODS). 11.11.80 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 544100N, 165100E. (SEA BREEZES, OCT '80). POSN FOR FILING ONLY. HH165/410/03 13.8.04 WK 49MTRS IN 5513.42N, 1640.82E [WGD]. (POLISH NM 31/493/04).

- NM 4197/04. HH100/351/21 9.11.04 HAS BEEN LOCATED BY POLISH HO IN MAY 2004. DIVED 20.10.04 IN 5513.425N, 1640.797E [WGD] (MIDSHIPS), WITH BOW IN 5513.408N, 1640.749E AND STERN IN 5513.442N, 1640.854E. IN ONE PIECE LYING ON PORT SIDE. STANDS SOME 20MTRS HIGH BY DIVER, 21MTRS HIGH BY E/S. LIES WITH BOWS TOWARDS 233 DEGS. (M RULKA & S POPEK, EMAIL DTD 9.11.04). NCA. SEP 2007/000000683 22.1.07 RESTRICTED AREA, RADIUS 500MTRS, DIVING PROHIBITED CENTRED ON WRECK. ACCOMPANYING NOTE STATES: THIS AREA IS THE BURIAL SITE OF SHIPWRECK VICTIMS. ANY ACTIVITY THAT MAY BREAK THE PEACE OF THIS SITE IS PROHIBITED. (POLISH NM 52/765/06) INS RESTRICTED AREA WITH NOTE: THE WK IN 5513.4N, 1640.8E IS THE BURIAL SITE OF SHIPWRECK VICTIMS. ANY ACTIVITY THAT MAY DISTURB THE SITE IS PROHIBITED.

- NM 513/07.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: No Diving

Position: 55 13.423 N,16 40.816 E

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