HARBORS OF SWINEMUNDE, DANZIG, RUGENWALDE, AND ROSTOCK

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 29, 2004
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: March 10, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

CLASSIFACPi ION
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COUNTRY Germany (]Russian Zone)/Poland J~~
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SUBJECT Harbors of Swinertllnde, Danzig, Rillgenvoalde,
and Rostock
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f1pshes
3 >l~ 1.5'J 24, On 'Red & white verti- Light :l.a. sixes isa
cal stripes with a groups of 3..., r s--
ball-shaped head. ciurirC every
22 seconds.
2 540 16v 0" 15' 51 2" Black light buoy 0 10 seconds
a 31, " Red 1-, &it buoy 1-1. e seconds
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51;-0 9 x 30" 1V 43; 5." Not marlo--il,
cable length
i rth of this
w. white Spar 4-,,5 seconds =.
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140 3-5 n 13" bra" , n tr ke ,
"'.3Z"Y,li of this
R &I spar buoy 4,,:')' seconds?
10A with lights W
7 114 37 0 0" Red & white spar 4.5 seconds,.
buoy 10 with lights
W 6114" ~3` 32 58" Red & wl to spar buoys
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New :: a ns rsg r.harYts liave be m issued for the various . hay box?.,
ixt+' atiits*it t~f)ne of ixE '1aiy, these charts ~.ndicate the routes to be
t , -; a z f ,T ve ships exact instructions ibc+ut how and imler .hat
:.+ou'c:;i tam ces 1. ;rt , s are. to be ode in thi Mario :s harbors,, fixes
-hart' 4N 'hc-use a:.. ieged Purpose is to make it exmsier for foreign ships zrd
) ''rom 6.I e t =.~r tern '? ones to Yawl near tie coast., are issued by the
only tc: the appropriate pilots and t, steamers on Rvssia.n lines,
routes in Swinemtinde are m+arlced ;.)y the .f'olloc.n;? light buoys:
CLASSIFICATION 4AWrA
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54" 32.45' north, 180 33.92' east, 15 meters north of the northern tip
of the breakwater f
b . E;1 32.453 north, 18? 33.90' east. 10 meters south of the tip o ' the
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Position
Latitude
Lon
;ude Description
, 14
301'
34,o 27'
L45?' Red light buoy 12
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11 0
54
21
On
1Pf 22,
22" Red & -white spar
buoy 13 With ligh
ts..
5,14
1'
0"
?-L.? 17
30t! Red light buoy 114
wi th ball-shaped
head,
53
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3"
IV 16 ,
O" Black light buoy
"Swinonj scie" t
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Recurrence of
Light fly shes i u
groups of 3,
recurring- every
12 seconds.
14.5 seconds.
Light flashes in
groups of 2, re--
curring every
seconds.
7 seconds
The positions indicate the middle line of the route, which is two cable
lengths wide. Because of the many wrecks near the entrance of the harbor,
entering ships must sail south around Light Buoys 10 and 11 and then west
of Light Buoy 14. Positions 1 to 10 mark the route to ?"SwinemUnde ._ An--
steuerung Ost" ~ The route branching off to "SwinemU#nde -- Ansteuerung
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sti? starts from Position 10. From Position 11, the path continues in the
general direction of 1705 (sic), according to the normal arrangement of
:ii ht buoys in the harbor.
At Light Buoy "Swinoujscie", behind Light Buoy 114, all ships must cast
anchor and wait for a pilot. Left and right of the route, which is marked
on both sides i_th net buoys (Netzbojen) because of the mine-sweeping
-,mxrk, are several dangerous wrecks. For this reason, the harbor entrance
+.s used almost exclusively only during the day.
&mrxzig.. The widening of the northern entrance to Danzig Harbor was
r ~ls 1 e .` in t3 ha ;um er of 1949, and on 20 :loveriber 19149 all work on the
ina ,or improvements (Hafenregulierung) was concluded, The only reconstruetior
work currently under way is that n e the f shi n;? harbor (Harbor Basin 2).
?,il,ich is to be .finish. by the fn?..l of 195Ch. The _.e new width of the harbor
ea,Nxa:nrce, measured from pier to pier, is 136 meters, but, measured between
the to light Buoys, it is only 11-i meters.
Theblor.-Ling. signals' (Spec. rsignal e) at the northern entrance to the harbor
are no longer given, and the following harbor markings were removed because
of the construction work and caer3 never rLiplaceda
a.. The light-reflector (angestrahlte) white ball approximately 50 reters
#rori the northern tip of the breakwater,
b. The old red position light buoy 5b? 32.'!' north, 18 33.88' east,
app:rroad.mate1- 20 meters west of the northern tip of the breakwwa',er,.
7, After the harbor was widened, _iht buoys were moved to the follorart
locations s:
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o llan.?r.'i. g Is Harbor Basin 2, new lights were installed a t the followir-
1: ? 319 39 *1 north, 18t, 331 12.5" east, on the tip of a cross pier
(lQuerrmol e) on the north side. It is a green flashing light with a
sin le beak; the light recurs every 2 seconds, flashing on for. 1
second and off for 1 second. The light is 4.5 meters above the water
and has a ran{:e of 4,5 nautical miles.
5-41 31, 35" north, 180 33' 8" east, on the tip of the west pier in the
fieV.iing harbor. It is a t reen flashing light with a single break;
the light recurs ever, 2 seconds, flashin- on f. or 1 second and off for
_L second, The light is 5 meters above the rater and has a range of
0.5 nautical miles.
540 319 36" north, 18'-1 33' 1.511 east, at the tip of the east pier in
the fishing harbor. It is a red flashing; light with a single break; the
light; recurs every 2 seconds, flashing on for 1 second and off for 1
second. The light has a range of 0.5 nautical miles.
c RI genmalde. North of Rttgenrralc?e, the Russians have installed a light and
o,ana-signal. buoy (Leuchtheul.tcnne) at 540 2'7' 1811 north, 16,0 13' 48"
cast, ac~proximateiy 2 nautical miles 295 (sic) from the Rigenvralde beaco:;r-
li ,h (Leuchtfeuer) . Thy buoy has vertical red and white stripes, and
its flashing light is white, with 40 flashes per minute.
:LO. Seven cable lengths west-northwest of this is a light buoy marking the
wreck of a small German auxi11t.rT- cruiser.
U., Rostock. Since the end of Nover,ber there has been at Rostock a marked
T-Ficre~se in traffic of l3.pht RL.ssiarl naval forces. On 7 December :1949,
::source observed a destroyer, five speecbboats, and two small, light
Soviet naval units, which source assumes to consist of patrol boats.
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