This is the information page about the shipwreck U 2544 (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 17.341 N,11 46.279 E (54.4776667, 11.8255)
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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: U 2544 (POSSIBLY)
Length 76.5 meter, width: 6.4 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 1600 ton
Cause: Scuttled off aahus. (german subs, vol.2).
Year of registration: 1952
Water depth above wreck: 25 meter
Known since: 1952, last detected: 2021
Details measurements/cartography: 2.10.52 REPORTED AS DANGER TO NAVIGATION IN 541721N, 114618E. (DNI). INS DW (REPD). NC 2364. H5323/57 16.12.57 TO BE EXPUNGED. (ROSTOCK NM 3021). AMENDED TO DEAD. DELETE.
- NM 2977/57. 16.12.57 EXISTENCE DOUBTFUL [NO POSN QUOTED ON M/S RECORD]. (ROSTOCK NM 2761/57). INS AS NDW ED. BR STD. HH327/350/01 5.6.91 WK, SWEPT TO 22.4MTRS, IN 541723N, 114620E. (HAMBURG NM (16)36/18/91). INS AS WK SW 22.4MTRS [12FMS] IN AMENDED POSN. BR STD. 8.6.92 SHOWN ON GERMAN 163 [1992 EDN]. HH100/351/06 29.10.92 WK IN 541723N, 114620E DIVED ON. FOUND TO BE VERY OLD SAILING VESSEL OR BARGE. STANDS ONLY A FEW FEET ABOVE A MURKY BOTTOM. LENGTH APPROX 30MTRS, BEAM 5MTRS. (J COULON, 14.10.92). NCA. SEP 2006/000381322 25.10.06 SHOWN AS WK SW 21.5MTRS IN 5417.341N, 1146.279E [WGD] ON GERMAN 163 [6TH EDN 2006]. INS AS SW 21.5MTRS IN AMENDED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 54 17.341 N,11 46.279 E