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North Sea: WreckX – Steamer ELSA

Year of construction: 1917
Sunk: 1932
Cause: storm

We discovered this wreck in 2007 and have already dived many times. After seminars in underwater archeology, we had the necessary tools and were able to clearly identify them.

Here the survey report WrackX

Website: WrackX

North Sea: Vorpostenboot V812

year of construction: 1930
Sunk: 1944
Cause: Air raid (World War II)

We searched for a long time for this wreck, which sank somewhere between “Ems and Elbe” in 1944. Only a self-developed flow sensor got us on the track …

Here is the report: V812

Website: V812

North Sea: Vorpostenboot V1101

Year of construction: 1930
Sunk: 1944
Cause: Air raid (World War II)

The outpost boat was actually completely blown up and disposed of in 1970. However, we found it almost undamaged in a different position than indicated. It turned out that two wrecks were mixed up.

Here is the report: V1101

North Sea: WreckY – Swedish steamer OSSIAN

Built: 1892

Sank 1941

Cause: World war II

We examined this wreck for the first time in 2020. It turned out to be the Swedish steamer Ossian, which drove in a convoy on its way from Sweden to Rotterdam and was sunk by English planes.

Here the report: OSSIAN

Website @Gezeitentaucher: WrackY

Baltic sea: Steamer ELBING IX

Sunk: 1914
Cause: mine hit (World War 1)

The Elbing 9 was on the way to rescue the shipwrecked man from the armored cruiser Friedrich Carl when it ran into a mine.

Here is the report: Elbing IX

Baltic sea: Steamer EDITH BOSSELMANN ex. Rita Maersk

Year of construction: 1925
Sunk: 1942
Cause: torpedo attack from submarine or mine (2nd World War)

There were eyewitnesses on another ship who reported a submarine and the attack on the steamer Ed Bosselmann.

Here is the report in Edith Bosselmann

Baltic sea: Steamer URSULA FISCHER ex. Senator Hollesen

Year of construction: 1902

Sunk: 1915

Cause: Mine (World War 1)

The freighter transported spoils of war from a city that had been captured shortly before. They had two planes on board that could still be launched from the sinking ship and that were still flying to the coast.

Here is the report in Ursula Fischer in German

Baltic Sea: Artillery training ship MS Carl Zeiss

Year of construction: 1939

Sunk: 1944

Cause: Mine (2nd World War)

On November 9, 1942, the ship MS Karl Zeiß ran into a mine near Saßnitz. It was later made buoyant; in October 1944 it was planned as a block ship for Dünamünde. When being towed to there on October 14, 1944, it leaped near Memel / Klaipeda and went under.

Here is the report in MS Carl Zeiss