Bungsberg (originally called Eva) is a shipwreck of a vessel built in 1924 at Howaldtswerke

Howaldtswerke

Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft is a German shipbuilding company, headquartered in Kiel. In 2009 it was the largest shipyard in Germany and has more than 2,400 employees. It has been part of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems owned by ThyssenKrupp, since 2005...

 in Hamburg

Hamburg

-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

 for China Reederei AG, now laying at a depth of 38 meters near Tallinn

Tallinn

Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...

, Estonia

Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

. Sunk on 24 March 1943 by an impact of a mine laid by a Russian airplane. Factory body number 646. The last owner of Bungsberg was Aug. Bolten Wm Miller's Nachfolger (GmbH & Co.) KG

She had three sister ships:

• Troja - hull no 643 (Deutsche Levante-Linie, Hamburg, 1922)
• Kreta - hull no 644 (Bremer Dampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft, Bremen, 1923)
• Syra - hull no 645 (Deutsche Levante Linie, Hamburg)

Today Bungsberg is a popular wreck dive site for divers.

She lies on her keel, upright position. Funnel and after mast are gone. Also the upper structures of captains bridge are missing. Damage from mine explosion is clearly visible on her bow starboard side. All four cargo holds are empty. Some papers rescued from this ship and telegraph are kept in the Estonian Maritime Museum

Estonian Maritime Museum

The Estonian Maritime Museum is located in the Fat Margaret tower in the old town of Tallinn. The museum presents history of ships and navigation in Estonia and related to Estonia...

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General characteristics

• Displacement 1,504 tons
• Length: 75,9 m
• Width: 11,6 m
• Triple expansion steam engine