This is the information page about the shipwreck Wilhelm heidkamp or diether v, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 68 25.178 N,17 24.01 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 OR DIETHER V

Length 117 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 2.9, tonnage 1811 ton

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

Year of registration: 1947

Water depth above wreck: 24 meter, Height above seabed: 170 cm

Known since: 1947, last detected: 2004

Details measurements/cartography: H7237/47 24.10.47 NUMEROUS WKS EXIST IN NARVIK HR. (N.I.D. 5076/47) NOTE. H5608/60 30.11.60 WKS IN NARVIK HR SHOWN ON NORWEGIAN 461 [1960 EDN]. LC 3753. H5608/60 24.4.63 G CAN LT BUOY, FL.G.2S ESTABLISHED CLOSE SW OF WK 6.5MTRS IN 682510N, 172406E. (OSLO NM 163/63)

- NM 837/63. 14.6.76 WK 6.5MTRS SHOWN IN 682510N, 172406E, MARKED BY G CAN LT BUOY, FL.G.2S ON NORWEGIAN 461 [4TH EDN 1975]. NCA. 30.10.89 SHOWN IN 682510.7N, 172406E [EUR], MARKED BY G PILLAR LT BUOY, FL.G.2S CLOSE SW ON NORWEGIAN 461 [REPRINT 1/1988]. NC 3890. 13.5.99 SHOWN AS DWP 6.5MTRS IN 6825.178N, 1724.100E [EUR], MARKED BY ISOLATED DANGER PILLAR LT BUOY, FL(2)5S, LENGTH 125MTRS, WIDTH 40MTRS, ON NORWEGIAN 461 [REPRINT 1/99]. NE 3890. 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

Position: 68 25.178 N,17 24.01 E

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