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Bow part is detached and is leaning on port side 45° from the rest. On the bow we can find a deck crane, anchor chain chamber and on the port side hawse-hole is an anchor located. Diving to the midship we'll find a hold full of barrels and on each ship side we can see detached steel sheet's. Nextly we can find leavings after an kitchen or toilet cause we can see tiles on the walls and broken pottery.

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Betonowiec

54° 54' 21.7" N , 17° 31' 16.9" E

2014-05-01 20:59

Depth above the wreck: 24m

Depth at the bottom: 30m

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Diving on the wreck requires special permission issued by the organizer diving Maritime Authority.

źródło: www.bazanurkowa.com; Wjciech Jechan

DESCRIPTION
In fisherman slang it's called u-boot 1. Betonowiec (concrete vessel), that name is made up cause of the cargo the vessel was carrying - wooden barrels with juta bags inside which was concrete, in present condition as fossilized. About the sunken there is no information or i just don't remember. "ITZEHOE"- this text was on a bell which was found by the Central Maritime Museum around 100m from the wreck. It lay's on depth of 28-30m next to the bottom diving depth is 24-26m. Lenght 60m Breadth 8-9m.

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Bow part is detached and is leaning on port side 45° from the rest. On the bow we can find a deck crane, anchor chain chamber and on the port side hawse-hole is an anchor located. Diving to the midship we'll find a hold full of barrels and on each ship side we can see detached steel sheet's. Nextly we can find leavings after an kitchen or toilet cause we can see tiles on the walls and broken pottery. Further to the stern we'll find destroyed winch from the cargo derricks, unharmed steam boiler with the steam engine. In the stern we'll see an 3 bladed propeller and a rubber covered in half with sand.
Wreck is placed on a sandy bottom among rocks. In few places we can see wooden parts of the vessel laying in the bottom like for example the mast, wooden boards and parts of the superstructure. When i swim away to see the whole wreck from top you can imagine how it sunken. In this moment you can also imagine what horror did the crew had. How many crew members died and how much of them went on an eternal watch. Wreck is admitted as a grave by the UM and entering the wreck is prohibited.
Itzehoe is an city located in northern Germany, with an river on which sides are cement factory's located.

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