This is the information page about the shipwreck Wilhelm heidkamp, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 68 25.2 N,17 23.91 E (68.420133333333, 17.401833333333)

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: WILHELM HEIDKAMP

Length 117 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 1811 ton

Cause: vessel, built 1937 by deschimog a.g., was torpedoed & sunk by rn destroyers in the first battle of narvik. (dods & german surface vessels vol.1)

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 24 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2004

Details measurements/cartography: H811/52 11.11.71 SUNK OFF NARVIK. (OSLO NM 1/48/52) POSN 682600N, 172500E FOR FILING ONLY. 20.1.04 DATA RE-ASSESSED. 3 GERMAN DESTROYERS LIE SIDE BY SIDE AT EDGE OF FJORD AT NARVIK. WILHELM HEIDKAMP AND DIETER VON ROEDER DESCRIBED AS BEING A SHORT SWIM AWAY FROM ANTON SCHMIDT. (DIVER MAGAZINE JAN'04) 3 DWP ARE SHOWN CLOSE TOGETHER ON BA 3890, 1 LIES SLIGHTLY APART FROM THE OTHER TWO AND COULD POSSIBLY BE ANTON SCHMIDT [SEE 55132]. WILHELM HEIDKAMP COULD BE EITHER RECORD 55133 OR 55134, NOT ENOUGH INFO TO TELL WHICH IS WHICH. NCA, POSN FOR FILING AMENDED TO 6825.2N, 1724.00E.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: See Also: 55133 & 55134

Position: 68 25.2 N,17 23.91 E

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