Bungsberg 1943
Marker: recorded wreck position (Second World War).
Key facts
| Name | Bungsberg | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Year lost | 1943 | English Wikipedia lead text (year following a loss verb, parsed) |
| Era | Second World War | derived from year |
| Ship type | ship, shipwreck | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Nationality / flag | Estonia | Wikidata P8047 country of registry |
| Sea / ocean | Gulf of Finland | Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon |
| Nearest coast | Estonia | Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 5 km from land |
| Position | 59.5000, 24.6000 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
About the wreck
Bungsberg was a cargo steamship. She was built in 1924 in Germany in 1924 as Eva. In 1939 she was renamed twice: firstly as Götaälv, and then as Bungsberg. A mine sank her off the coast of Estonia in 1943. Her wreck is now a site for wreck diving.
Diving & visiting
On 24 March 1943, Bungsberg struck one of a set of mines that had been laid across the Suurupi Strait. She sank off Naissaar, at position 59°30′N 24°36′E. Her wreck lies on an even keel, at a depth of 38 metres (125 ft). The captain of a fishing trawler discovered the wreck in 1984, and told the Estonian Maritime Museum in Tallinn. The Museum fixed the position of the wreck on 15 June 1988, during a sonar testing operation by the Estonian Geology Administration. The Museum identified the wreck in 1992. On 2 July 2011 the wreck was added to the Estonian National Register of Cultural Monuments.
The engine order telegraph and some papers were salvaged from the wreck, and are kept at the Estonian Maritime Museum. Her funnel, mizzen mast, and the upper part of her bridge are missing.
Location
- Recorded position: 59.5000, 24.6000 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Sea / ocean: Gulf of Finland
- Nearest coast: Estonia
Wreck positions on this site are for interest only and are not for navigation. Many wrecks are war graves or legally protected: never disturb human remains or remove artefacts, and check local law before diving.
Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Bungsberg (ship) (revision 1374736317), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section and section(s) “Loss and wreck”; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.
Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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