This is the information page about the shipwreck Walter l m russ, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 43.942 N,5 28.846 W (51.732367, -5.480767)

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: WALTER L M RUSS

Length 75 meter, width: 2 meter, draught: 12.2, tonnage 1538 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1927 by akt ges 'neptun, rostock. captured but previously owned by ernst russ, hamburg. two boilers triple expansion engine of 156 hp, single shaft. went ashore on skomer island at night in a wnw gale. floated off and sank. nine of 17 man steaming crew saved.

Year of registration: 1968

Water depth above wreck: 10 meter

Known since: 1968, last detected: 1996

Details measurements/cartography: H3542/68 25.1.68 H3542/68 25.1.68 LARGE UNKNOWN VESSEL REPORTED BY DIVERS TO BE ON THE NW TIP OF GRASSHOLM ISLAND. POSN 514355N, 052847W. (R EDMONDS, 23.1.68). INS AS DW. BR STD. H5001/72 19.11.80 H5001/72 19.11.80 TOO CLOSE INSHORE FOR INVESTIGATION. POSN CONFIRMED BY LOCAL FISHERMEN & DIVERS. (HMS WOODLARK, HI 71B/78). HH100/351/11 20.6.96 HH100/351/11 20.6.96 BELL RECOVERED IN 1995. WK IS WALTER L M RUSS. (S J ROBERTS).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 43.942 N,5 28.846 W

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