Wreck: Voitja (Barque)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Voitja, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 29.022 N,10 17.072 E (54.4837, 10.2845333)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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.

 

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Shipwreck details

Name: VOITJA

Length 36.9 meter, width: 9.1 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 320 ton

Cause: Used as barrage guard vessel. bombed and sunk by allied (?british) aircraft. (der deutschen kriegsschiffe).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 19 meter

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2022

Details measurements/cartography: H751/46 15.3.46 DW IN 542907N, 101703E. MARKED BY G CON. BUOY LAID CLOSE W. (HAMBURG NM 884/45).

- NM 917/46. 5.9.46 IDENTIFIED AS VOITJA. (TRADE DIVISION 103/46). H751/46 12.12.46 LEAST DEPTH NOW 11.8MTRS. MARKED BY G CON BUOY. (HAMBURG NM 1495/46). AMEND WK 6.25FMS.

- NM 4030/46. H751/46 1.1.48 DEPTH NOW 13.2MTRS. (HAMBURG NM 2154/47). AMEND WK 7.25FMS.

- NM 3355/47. H749/46 27.8.63 NOW SW 13.0MTRS. (HAMBURG NM 2727/63). AMEND SW 7FMS. BR STD. 4.3.69 SHOWN AS SW 13MTRS IN 542903N, 101709E [EUR]. (GER 32,43). NC 33. H1449/66 21.1.83 NOW CLEAR AT 14MTRS. (HAMBURG NM 4349/82). BR STD. HH100/351/08 9.2.94 INTERESTING WK TO DIVE ON. PERMISSION FROM KIEL PILOT REQUIRED. DECCA POSN 542908N, 101713E. (SGT S ROBERTS, 17.1.94). SEP 2015/000228426 17.11.15 SHOWN AS SW 14.9MTRS IN 5429.01N, 1017.08E [WGD] ON GERMAN 32. [ED10, COR TO 9.10.15]. AMEND TO SW 14.9MTRS. SEP 2016/000106753 09.05.16 SHOWN AS SW 16.4MTRS IN 5429.022N, 1017.072E [WGD]. (GERMAN NM (17/33(16)/16). AMEND TO SW 16.4 MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 2850/16.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 29.022 N,10 17.072 E

 

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