This is the information page about the shipwreck A 10 (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 15.302 N,2 53.217 E (51.381633333333, 2.6202333333333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.
Name: A 10 (POSSIBLY)
Length 41.8 meter, width: 4.6 meter, tonnage 137 ton
Cause: mined. built 1915 by a.g. vulcan, hamburg. mined, 19 lives lost. (die deutschen kriegsschiffe vol.2)
Year of registration: 1919
Water depth above wreck: 8 meter
Known since: 1919, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: H216/19 4.1.19 SANK IN 511518N, 025306E APPROX. (GERMAN WAR NM 24.4.18). IN 511600N, 025300E APPROX. (VARIOUS GERMAN RECORDS AND LOSS BOOKS). INS AS WK [OLD SYMBOL].
- NM. 1925 NOW CHARTED AS DW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) NE 1872. H5815/28 21.9.28 NOT SHOWN ON BELGIAN PLAN OF OSTENDE. DELETE.
- NM. H2731/85 23.12.87 WK SW 5.5MTRS IN 511521N, 025317E [EUR]. (OSTEND NM 155/87).
- NM 305/88. H1310/88/16 24.3.88 THIS CANNOT BE THE S.15 (GERMAN DESTROYER SUNK 21.08.17). IT WAS MINED IN APPROX 511500N, 025500E & WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED. SHE WAS TOWED TO GHENT AND BROKEN UP, STARTING 20.9.17. (R VERPOORTE 9.2.88). HH100/351/01 10.8.89 A.10 SANK IN 511600N, 025300E APPROX. (R VERPOORTE, 9.5.89 & DIE DEUTSCHEN KRIEGSSCHIFFE VOL.2) HH100/351/02 9.4.90 REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN REMOVED MAY 1989. (D TERMOTE, 26.3.90). NCA YET. HH342/350/01 20.8.90 POSN NOW FOUL. (OSTEND NM 106/90).
- NM 2456/90. 4.12.91 SHOWN IN 511520.5N, 025227E [EUR] ON NETHERLANDS 101 [CORRECT TO 487/91]. POSN GIVEN AS 511525.1N, 025317.7E [EUR]. (NETHERLANDS WK RECORDS, 1990 EDN, NO.R15 2592). NCA. 8.2.07 SHOWN AS FOUL IN 5115.300N, 0253.203E [WGD] ON BELGIAN [INT 1480] [JUN '06 EDN, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 1873. SEP 2010/000138707 18.10.10 SHOWN IN 5115.302, 0253.217E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 102 [NE 1.6.10, 1:60,000].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 15.302 N,2 53.217 E