SMS Wiesbaden (1916): Shipwreck Map, Location & Facts

Name	SMS Wiesbaden	Wikidata label
Year lost	1916	Wikidata P793 significant event, point-in-time qualifier
Era	First World War	derived from year
Ship type	heritage site, cruiser	Wikidata P31 instance of
Cause of loss	Scuttled	Wikidata P793 significant event: scuttling
Nationality / flag	German Reich	Wikidata P8047 country of registry
Operator	Imperial German Navy	Wikidata P137 operator
Conflict	World War I, Battle of Jutland	Wikidata P607 conflict
Sea / ocean	North Sea	Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon
Position	57.0167, 5.8833	Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0)

About the wreck

SMS Wiesbaden was a light cruiser of the Wiesbaden class built for the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine). She had one sister ship, SMS Frankfurt; the ships were very similar to the previous Karlsruhe-class cruisers. The ship was laid down in 1913, launched in January 1915, and completed by August 1915. Armed with eight 15 cm SK L/45 guns, Wiesbaden had a top speed of 27.5 knots (50.9 km/h; 31.6 mph) and displaced 6,601 t (6,497 long tons; 7,276 short tons) at full load.

Wiesbaden saw only one major action, the Battle of Jutland on 31 May – 1 June 1916. The ship was badly damaged by gunfire from the battlecruiser HMS Invincible. Immobilized between the two battle fleets, Wiesbaden became the center of a hard-fought action that saw the destruction of two British armored cruisers. Heavy fire from the British fleet prevented evacuation of the ship's crew. Wiesbaden remained afloat until the early hours of 1 June and sank sometime between 01:45 and 02:45. Only one crew member survived the sinking; the wreck was located by German Navy divers in 1983.

Location

Recorded position: 57.0167, 5.8833 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
Sea / ocean: North Sea

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OpenStreetMap

Text adapted from the Wikipedia article SMS Wiesbaden (revision 1374718461), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.