This is the information page about the shipwreck Wolf, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 7.416 N,2 29.904 E (51.1325, 2.5103667)
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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: WOLF
Length 93 meter, width: 8.8 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 933 ton
Cause: Mined when returning from mining operation renate off dover. (j coulon).
Year of registration: 1941
Water depth above wreck: 12 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm
Known since: 1941, last detected: 2017
Details measurements/cartography: H0586/42 24.1.42 WK IN 510725N, 023020E, MARKED BY BUOY CLOSE S. (BERLIN NM 89/41). NCA 30.8.78 DEPTH CHARGES AT STERN OF WK. (AV CHERBOURG NR 340). MARKED BY RED LT BUOY, QKFL, WITH RY FLAG. DISPERSING WK WITH EXPLOSIVE. (AV CHERBOURG NR 1259). NCA YET. H2981/78 6.3.79 WK 10.1MTRS IN 510729N, 022956E [EUR]. (FR NM 03 23 79 & 04 32 79).
- NM 749/79. 21.10.81 SHOWN AS WK 10.1MTRS IN 510728N, 022958E [EUR] ON FR 6500 [4TH EDN - 1981). NCA. H1310/81/29 13.11.81 DESCRIBED AS LARGE WK, COVERED WITH NETS. NOT POSSIBLE TO IDENTIFY. POSN GIVEN AS 510730N, 023006E. (J COULON, 3.11.81). H1310/81/33 4.12.81 LOCAL FISHERMAN RECOVERED ELECTRICAL FITTINGS WITH GERMAN MARKINGS FROM THIS WK. (J COULON, 20.11.81). PROBABLY SAME WK REFERRED TO IN H0586/42 - BERLIN NM 89/41. H1310/84/4 21.2.84 IDENTIFIED AS GERMAN TORPEDO BOAT 'WOLF'. LIES ON ITS PORT SIDE, HEADING N. FOREPART FROM AFT OF BRIDGE, INCLUDING 105MM GUN, STILL IN GOOD CONDITION. STERN PART MUCH DAMAGED BY FRENCH NAVY A FEW YEARS AGO. TWO TORPEDOES STILL IN TUBES. (J COULON, 31.1.84). 28.1.85 WK 10.1MTRS SHOWN IN 510728N, 023001E [EUR] ON FR 6652. NE 323. 16.8.85 DESCRIBED AS GERMAN MINELAYER. EXAM'D IN 510728N, 022959E [EUR]. LEAST DEPTH 10.1 IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. LENGTH 90MTRS. (ANNALES HYDROGRAPHIQUES). 18.10.96 SHOWN AS WK 10.4MTRS [MLS] ON BELGIUM 102 REPROMAT [MAY'96]. NC 1873 [MLS], NOW LARGEST SCALE. 14.11.11 SHOWN AS WK 10.1MTRS [LAT] IN 5107.416N, 0229.904E [WGD] ON BA 1873 [EDN 4 DTD 19.5.11].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: ON PORT SIDE, BOWS N, STERN BADLY DAMAGED
Position: 51 7.416 N,2 29.904 E