This is the information page about the shipwreck Thuringen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 47 41.201 N,3 18.476 W (47.724433333333, -3.3529666666667)
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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: THURINGEN
Length 166.4 meter, width: 28.3 meter, tonnage 22800 ton
Cause: helgoland class battleship. was ceded to france in 1919, disarmed and assigned for scrapping in 1923. (warships of ww1).
Year of registration: 1933
Water depth above wreck: 2 meter
Known since: 1933, last detected: 2017
Details measurements/cartography: H2027/33 29.3.33 ST IN 474115N, 031855W. (PARIS NM 11 432 33). SQ DATE. 24.5.62 NOT SHOWN ON FR CHARTS. LC 2352. 17.2.77 SHOWN AS ST IN 474114.8N, 031854W ON FR 5560. CHART AS ST IN 474115N, 031855W. BR STD. 10.8.83 CRUISER 'THURINGEN' STRANDED IN 474116.8N, 031848.9W [EUR]. GEN DEPTH 1MTR. (FR WK RECORDS 1983). CHART AS ST IN 474116.8N, 031847.4W. NC 2352. 22.2.89 POSN ACCURACY 500MTRS. (FR WK RECORDS, NO.14573099). HH353/350/01 25.10.89 POSN NOW 474115N, 031824W. (BREST NM 89 39 28). G/S. 13.9.93 SHOWN AS ST, DRIES 2.7MTRS, IN 474114.6N, 031824E ON FR 7139 [1993 EDN]. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 47 41.201 N,3 18.476 W