2021 we had another project week. Here are some wrecks and objects that we found
Artillery school ship Carl Zeiss
In Lithuania, close to the harbor of Klaipeda / Memel lies a huge wreck. The name of the wreck site was “W30”. It looked like it was not identified, or at least we didn’t find any further information. I managed to capture the whole 80m wreck in just one 65min dive. That was for sure quite a tough job. After inspecting the wreck and after compare of the remains with ships that sank in that area, it was clear that this would be the school ship CARL ZEISS. It sank during the second world war. It is such a beautiful wreck! Depth: 25m
Hisi 4K Camera
I wrote a survey report. about that wreck. You can fing it here: CarlZeiss
Fishing vessel
Close to the harbor of Klaipeda we found this small wreck. Looks like a fishing vessel. Not identified yet. Depth: 25m
Unknown object
Unknown object in the baltic sea. Our captain found a new wreck in June 2020. When we dived there we found this mysterious object. We have no idea what it was.
The wooden steering wheel of the steamer Elbing 9.
Year of construction: 1913 Sank: 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. Position: Lithuania – Baltic Sea Heritage Rescue Project
June 21st 2021 we found a new wreck. Cpt. Linas from the Baltic Sear Heritage Rescue Project saw it on his sonar scan of NZ55 while we were on the way back from an other wreck. We decided to dive there and look what we would find. Indeed there was a nice wooden wreck of around 32m length. It looks like the cargo was wood. It is still not identified.
Details
Dive: 55m deep & 30min bottom time Position: Baltic sea, Lithuania 3700 pictures from two Gopro7
The steamer ELBING IX sank in the First World War in 1913. It ran into a mine near Klaipeda (formerly Memel) when it was on its way to rescue the castaways of the warship FRIEDRICH CARL.
The bell was found by the BSHRP in 2018. It’s on the wooden deck. In 2019 I was able to take pictures of the bell, which I was able to convert into a 3D model with the help of Robert Szymaniuk.
Fair BOOT 2020
At BOOT 2020 we presented the model of the bell at the booth of the Baltic Sea Heritage Rescue Project and every day we printed a bell.