Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah; Brenner, Matthias; De Rijke, Maarten; Lindemeyer, Jacqueline; Scheer, Lars Christian; Schuster, Romina Marietta; Schütte, Wyona; Strehse, Jennifer Susanne; Van Haelst, Sven; Wetzel, Patrick; Lintott, Bryan John; Maser, Edmund (2026): Munitions chemicals and PAHs in water, sediment, and blue mussels (mytilus spp.) at the wreck site of the German WWII battleship Tirpitz off Tromsø, Norway [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.993159
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Published: 2026-03-31 • DOI registered: 2026-03-31
Abstract:
This data set documents a sampling of the remains of the battleship Tirpitz from World War II, which was sunk by the Royal Air Force on November 12, 1944, off the island of Håkøya, which belongs to Tromsø, in Sandnessundet, Norway, and was scrapped on site until the 1950s. Since many non-recyclable remains were left on site, there is a suspicion that the wreck could be a source of pollution for the local marine environment. Sampling was carried out on May 31 and June 1 2025 by divers using polypropylene bags and bottles (1 L), as well as with a remote-controlled crawler with an integrated water and sediment sampling system. Water, sediment, and mussel samples were taken. Water samples were where extracted by solid phase extraction on site, mussels were opened to allow the respiratory water to drain out and frozen on site at -18 °C. Sediments were also frozen on site at -18 °C. All samples remained frozen until processing in the laboratory. The samples were analyzed using GC-MS/MS and LC-MS/MS for various munitions chemicals and for the 16 EPA indicator polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
Project(s):
North Sea Interreg REMARCO (REMARCO)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 69.646910 * Median Longitude: 18.858186 * South-bound Latitude: 69.646628 * West-bound Longitude: 18.803200 * North-bound Latitude: 69.647300 * East-bound Longitude: 20.805100
Date/Time Start: 2025-05-31T14:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2025-06-01T15:43:00
Minimum DEPTH, water: 0.0 m * Maximum DEPTH, water: 9.0 m
Event(s):
REMARCO_Tirpitz_2025_Beach (Beach) * Latitude: 69.647300 * Longitude: 18.803200 * Date/Time: 2025-06-01T15:00:00 * Elevation: 0.0 m * Location: Sandnessundet * Campaign: REMARCO_Tirpitz_2025 * Basis: Sampling on land * Method/Device: Polypropylen bottle
REMARCO_Tirpitz_2025_Crater_A (Crater A) * Latitude: 69.647250 * Longitude: 18.804120 * Date/Time: 2025-05-31T14:00:00 * Elevation: -0.4 m * Location: Sandnessundet * Campaign: REMARCO_Tirpitz_2025 * Basis: Sampling on land * Method/Device: Polypropylen bottle/ Sampling bag
REMARCO_Tirpitz_2025_Crater_B (Crater B) * Latitude: 69.647200 * Longitude: 18.803900 * Date/Time: 2025-05-31T14:05:00 * Elevation: -0.4 m * Location: Sandnessundet * Campaign: REMARCO_Tirpitz_2025 * Basis: Sampling on land * Method/Device: Polypropylen bottle/ Sampling bag
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Event label | Event | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | |||
| 2 | Identification | ID | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | |||
| 3 | Sample ID | Sample ID | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | |||
| 4 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | Geocode | ||
| 5 | LATITUDE | Latitude | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | Geocode | ||
| 6 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | Geocode | ||
| 7 | DEPTH, water | Depth water | m | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | Geocode | |
| 8 | 1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazinane | RDX | ng/l | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | LC-MS/MS system, SCIEX, QTRAP 5500 | |
| 9 | 1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocane | HMX | ng/l | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | LC-MS/MS system, SCIEX, QTRAP 5500 | |
| 10 | Pentaerythritol tetranitrate | PETN | ng/l | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | LC-MS/MS system, SCIEX, QTRAP 5500 | |
| 11 | 1,3-dinitrobenzene | DNB | ng/l | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 12 | 2,4-dinitrotoluene | 2,4-DNT | ng/l | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 13 | 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene | TNT | ng/l | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 14 | 4-amino-2,6-dinitrotoluene | 4-ADNT | ng/l | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 15 | 2-amino-4,6-dinitrotoluene | 2-ADNT | ng/l | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 16 | Naphthalene | Naphth | ng/l | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 17 | Acenaphthene | Acenaphthene | ng/l | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 18 | Acenaphthylene | Acenaphthylene | ng/l | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 19 | Fluorene | Fluorene | ng/l | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 20 | Phenanthrene | Phenanthrene | ng/l | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 21 | Anthracene | Anthracene | ng/l | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 22 | Fluoranthene | Fluoranth | ng/l | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 23 | Pyrene | Pyrene | ng/l | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 24 | Benzo(a)anthracene | Benzo(a)anthracene | ng/l | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 25 | Chrysene | Chrysene | ng/l | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 26 | Benzo(b)fluoranthene | Benzo(b)fluoranthene | ng/l | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 27 | Benzo(k)fluoranthene | Benzo(k)fluoranthene | ng/l | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 28 | Benzo(a)pyrene | Benzo(a)pyrene | ng/l | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 29 | Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene | Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene | ng/l | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 30 | Dibenzo(a,h)anthracene | Dibenzo(a,h)anthracene | ng/l | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 31 | Benzo(g,h,i)perylene | Benzo(g,h,i)perylene | ng/l | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 32 | 1,3-dinitrobenzene, per unit sediment dry mass | 1,3-DNB/sed dm | µg/kg | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 33 | 2,4-dinitrotoluene, per unit sediment dry mass | 2,4-DNT/sed dm | µg/kg | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 34 | 2,6-dinitrotoluene, per unit sediment dry mass | 2,6-DNT/sed dm | µg/kg | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 35 | 1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazinane, per unit sediment dry mass | RDX/sed dm | µg/kg | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | LC-MS/MS system, SCIEX, QTRAP 5500 | |
| 36 | 1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocane, per unit sediment dry mass | HMX/sed dm | µg/kg | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | LC-MS/MS system, SCIEX, QTRAP 5500 | |
| 37 | Pentaerythritol tetranitrate, per unit sediment dry mass | PETN/sed dm | µg/kg | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | LC-MS/MS system, SCIEX, QTRAP 5500 | |
| 38 | 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene, per unit sediment dry mass | TNT/sed dm | µg/kg | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | LC-MS/MS system, SCIEX, QTRAP 5500 | |
| 39 | 4-amino-2,6-dinitrotoluene, per unit sediment dry mass | 4-ADNT/sed dm | µg/kg | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | LC-MS/MS system, SCIEX, QTRAP 5500 | |
| 40 | 2-amino-4,6-dinitrotoluene, per unit sediment dry mass | 2-ADNT/sed dm | µg/kg | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | LC-MS/MS system, SCIEX, QTRAP 5500 | |
| 41 | Naphthalene, per unit sediment dry mass | Naphth/sed dm | µg/kg | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 42 | Acenaphthene, per unit sediment dry mass | Acenaphthene/sed dm | µg/kg | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 43 | Acenaphthylene, per unit sediment dry mass | Acenaphthylene/sed dm | µg/kg | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 44 | Fluorene, per unit sediment dry mass | Fluorene/sed dm | µg/kg | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 45 | Phenanthrene, per unit sediment dry mass | Phenanthrene/sed dm | µg/kg | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 46 | Anthracene, per unit sediment dry mass | Anthracene/sed dm | µg/kg | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 47 | Fluoranthene, per unit sediment dry mass | Fluoranthene/sed dm | µg/kg | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 48 | Pyrene, per unit sediment dry mass | Pyrene/sed dm | µg/kg | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 49 | Benzo(a)anthracene, per unit sediment dry mass | Benzo(a)anthracene/sed dm | µg/kg | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 50 | Chrysene, per unit sediment dry mass | Chrysene/sed dm | µg/kg | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 51 | Benzo(b)fluoranthene, per unit sediment dry mass | Benzo(b)fluoranthene/sed dm | µg/kg | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 52 | Benzo(k)fluoranthene, per unit sediment dry mass | Benzo(k)fluoranthene/sed dm | µg/kg | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 53 | Benzo(a)pyrene, per unit sediment dry mass | Benzo(a)pyrene/sed dm | µg/kg | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 54 | Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene, per unit sediment dry mass | Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene/sed dm | µg/kg | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 55 | Dibenz(a,h)anthracene, per unit sediment dry mass | Dibenz(a,h)anthracene/sed dm | µg/kg | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 56 | Benzo(g,h,i)perylene, per unit sediment dry mass | Benzo(g,h,i)perylene/sed dm | µg/kg | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 57 | Mytilus spp., 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene, per dry mass | Mytilus spp. TNT/dm | ng/g | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | LC-MS/MS system, SCIEX, QTRAP 5500 | |
| 58 | Mytilus spp., 4-amino-2,6-dinitrotoluene, per dry mass | Mytilus spp. 4-ADNT/dm | ng/g | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | LC-MS/MS system, SCIEX, QTRAP 5500 | |
| 59 | Mytilus spp., 2-amino-4,6-dinitrotoluene, per dry mass | Mytilus spp. 2-ADNT/dm | ng/g | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | LC-MS/MS system, SCIEX, QTRAP 5500 | |
| 60 | Mytilus spp., Naphthalene, per dry mass | Mytilus spp. Naphth/dm | ng/g | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 61 | Mytilus spp., Acenaphthene, per dry mass | Mytilus spp. Acenaphthene/dm | ng/g | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 62 | Mytilus spp., Acenaphthylene, per dry mass | Mytilus spp. Acenaphthylene/dm | ng/g | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 63 | Mytilus spp., Fluorene, per dry mass | Mytilus spp. Fluorene/dm | ng/g | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 64 | Mytilus spp., Phenanthrene, per dry mass | Mytilus spp. Phenanthrene/dm | ng/g | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 65 | Mytilus spp., Anthracene, per dry mass | Mytilus spp. Anthracene/dm | ng/g | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 66 | Mytilus spp., Fluoranthene, per dry mass | Mytilus spp. Fluoranthene/dm | ng/g | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 67 | Mytilus spp., Pyrene, per dry mass | Mytilus spp. Pyrene/dm | ng/g | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 68 | Mytilus spp., Benzo(a)anthracene, per dry mass | Mytilus spp. Benzo(a)anthracene/dm | ng/g | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 69 | Mytilus spp., Chrysene, per dry mass | Mytilus spp. Chrysene/dm | ng/g | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 70 | Mytilus spp., Benzo(b)fluoranthene, per dry mass | Mytilus spp. Benzo(b)fluoranthene/dm | ng/g | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 71 | Mytilus spp., Benzo(k)fluoranthene, per dry mass | Mytilus spp. Benzo(k)fluoranthene/dm | ng/g | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 72 | Mytilus spp., Benzo(a)pyrene, per dry mass | Mytilus spp. Benzo(a)pyrene/dm | ng/g | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 73 | Mytilus spp., Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene, per dry mass | Mytilus spp. Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene/dm | ng/g | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 74 | Mytilus spp., Dibenz(a,h)anthracene, per dry mass | Mytilus spp. Dibenz(a,h)anthracene/dm | ng/g | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo | |
| 75 | Mytilus spp., Benzo(g,h,i)perylene, per dry mass | Mytilus spp. Benzo(g,h,i)perylene/dm | ng/g | Bünning, Lillian Tabea Hannah | GC-MS/MS system, Thermo Fisher Scientific, TSQ 8000 Evo |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0) (License comes into effect after moratorium ends)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
1763 data points