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Kobbergrund

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Kobbergrund is a shoal in the Kattegat 11 kilometers (7 miles) East South East of the Danish island of Læsø, lying close to the main shipping lanes from the south.

Shipwrecks

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It is the site of several shipwrecks, including the Russian ship Baron Stieglitz in 1840 and the earlier Printz Friderich, a Danish ship-of-the-line in 1780. The wreck of the latter was newly discovered in 2018 by a team using modern survey equipment.[1] The shoal was known in English as "Kobber Ground".

Survey

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The survey of Danish coasts and waters begun in 1791, and restarted after a hiatus in 1827, saw the first general chart for the Kattegat published in 1844[2].
On 20 November 1853 the Danish government anchored a lightvessel on the Ground at 57°8′30″N 11°20′30″E / 57.14167°N 11.34167°E / 57.14167; 11.34167. The vessel was schooner-rigged, painted with a white cross on each site, and carried three lights on her mast.[3]

Lightships

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The Danish government stationed lightships at Kobbergrund from 1853 to 1908.[4]

Lightship When stationed Launch year Shipyard Length Breadth
Fyrskib No. V[5] 1853–1854; 1880–1896 1853 Naval shipyard 22m 5.6m
Fyrskib No. VI[6] 1854-1857 1854 Naval shipyard 22m 5.7m
Fyrskib No. VII[7] 1862, 1867, 1872, & 1882-1895 1867 Naval shipyard 22m 5.7m
Fyrskib No. IV[8] 1896-1908 1851 Nyholms Shipyard 22m 5.6m

References

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  1. ^ "Press release: Line ship Printz Friderich 1761 have been found at Læsø". www.undervandsgruppen.dk. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  2. ^ Den Danske Lods (The Danish Pilot - The Royal Danish Sea Chart Archive)
  3. ^ Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle for 1854 (January 1854), p.52.
  4. ^ "Positionerne for Danske Fyrskibe".
  5. ^ "Fyrskib No. V".
  6. ^ "Fyrskib No. VI".
  7. ^ "Fyrskib No. VII".
  8. ^ "Fyrskib No. IV".