This is the information page about the shipwreck Alex van opstal, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 32.487 N,2 16.152 W (50.766666666667, -13.933333333333)

 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, 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.

 

1. Addarwa
2. Aeneas (probably)
3. Aeolian sky
4. Alex van opstal
5. Alexandrovna
6. Amy
7. Apache
8. Arctic dawn
9. Arfon
10. Athen
11. Balmoralwood
12. Barryman
13. Betelgeuse (bow section)
14. Binnendijk
15. Black hawk (aft section)
16. Black hawk (fwd section)
17. Bretagne
18. Britannia (possibly)
19. British inventor (bow section)
20. Chasseur 6
21. Chasseur 7
22. Cheyenne
23. Countess of erne
24. Dagmar
25. Derna (probably)
26. Earl of abergavenny
27. Elena r
28. Elmcrest
29. Emile miguet
30. Enecuri
31. Ethel (probably)
32. Evertsen
33. Forester (& pontoon)
34. Franziska
35. Frogner ?
36. General jackson
37. Georgios kyriakides
38. Goathland
39. Gripfast
40. Halsewell
41. Hartburn (probably)
42. Hartlepool (part of)
43. Hartlepool (part of)
44. Himalaya
45. Hms arfon
46. Hms fisgard ii
47. Hms golden sunset (possibly)
48. Hms james fennel
49. Hms kingston cairngorm (possibly)
50. Hms warrior ii
51. Hmsm a3
52. Hmsm m2
53. Hmsm p555
54. Hmsm safari (ex p 211)
55. Iolanthe
56. Janna
57. Juvenile delinquent
58. Kafiristan
59. Lady of avenel
60. License to kill (possibly)
61. Lochavon
62. Longsand
63. Louisiane
64. Magog
65. Mallard (possibly)
66. Mayflower
67. Merchant royal
68. Midland queen
69. Miefield
70. Milo
71. Nailsea lass
72. Navasota
73. Neree (possibly)
74. Neree (probably)
75. Nestlea
76. Nidarholm
77. Onward (probably)
78. Orne (possibly)
79. Pas (c.182)
80. Pescalanza
81. Piedras
82. Pitchipoy (possibly)
83. Rapana
84. Rowella
85. Royal adelaide
86. San fernando
87. Saratoga
88. Seahawk
89. Snowdrop
90. Southampton
91. Spiral (possibly)
92. Stancrest
93. Sudon (possibly)
94. Tamele
95. Terrapin
96. Thera (possibly)
97. Tiiu
98. Togimo
99. Trafalgar (possibly)
100. U 322 (possibly)
101. Ub 74
102. Valdes (probably)
103. Vera (probably)
104. Woodbury

 

Name: ALEX VAN OPSTAL

Length 128 meter, width: 17.4 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 5965 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1937 by nakskov skibs a/s, nakskov. owned at the time of loss by cie maritime belge (lloyd royal) soc anon. passage new york for antwerp. struck a mine laid by u 6 and sank 5m e of the shambles ltv. no loss of life. (dods & sibi).

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 28 meter, Height above seabed: 170 cm

Known since: 1939, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H6772/39 25.9.39 WK LOCATED 059DEGS, 2.9M FROM SHAMBLES LTV. MARKED BY G CONL BUOY. (KHM PORTLAND, HN 19.9.39). GIVES POSN 503226N, 021601W. - FNM 2135/39 & FNM 2152/39. H6772/39 22.4.40 DW IN 503226N, 021601W. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 1006/40. H6772/39 19.8.40 BUOY MISSING. WILL NOT BE REPLACED. (KHM PORTLAND, HN 7.8.40).

- NM 2074/40. 1945 SONAR CONTACT IN VICINITY OF 503200N, 021600W. (AUBD 304/111). NCA. H6772/39 26.11.45 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK, 4FMS 2FT, IN 503226N, 021600W. (HMS FRANKLIN).

- NM 3874/45. H6772/39 28.1.46 G CAN BUOY, GPFL(2)G.10S, LAID 180DEGS, 1C FROM WK. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH).

- NM 305/46. H6772/39 7.3.47 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK NOW 8FMS. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (SURVEYING OFFICER, HMS VERNON & TRINITY HOUSE).

- NM 592/47. H6772/39 14.9.49 EXAM'D 16.8.49 AFTER DISPERSAL OPS. SWEPT CLEAR 48, FOUL 49FT. LIES N/S, 077.5DEGS, 7.35M FROM PORTLAND BILL LT IN 15FMS. (SML 1301).

- NM 1911/49. H1730/65 3.5.68 EXAM'D 1.8.67 IN 503226N, 021600W [OGB] USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 58, FOUL AT 59FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 58 IN GEN DEPTH 90FT. SCOUR DEPTH 6FT. WK, ABOUT 500FT LONG, LIES 166/346DEGS, APPROX WITH THE HIGHEST PART ABOUT ONE THIRD OF LENGTH FROM S END. ANOTHER HIGH POINT - ONLY 1FT DEEPER (FMS) WAS FOUND NEAR THE N END. (FSL WATERWITCH, HI 28/67). CHART AS SW 9FMS 4FT [17.7MTRS] WITH SW 10FMS 4FT [19.5MTRS]. LC 2610. 12.1.82 STANDS 5.5MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 27-30MTRS IN 503236N, 021600W [OGB]. HAS BROKEN STERN. REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN SOLD TO WESTERN MARINE SERVICES. (BSAC WK REGISER. VOL.4). NCA. HH090/530/01 14.1.93 EXAM'D 29.5.92 IN 503226.5N, 021551.8W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.2 IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1MTR. DCS3 HT 7MTRS. LARGE WK, WELL BROKEN, LYING 160/340DEGS APPROX. RECOMMEND RETAIN CHARTED SWEPT DEPTH. (HMS GLEANER, HI 530). AMEND POSN ONLY. BR STD. HH100/351/21 26.7.04 DIVED IN 5032.44N, 0216.02W [WGD]. STANDS 7MTRS HIGH BY DEPTH GAUGE. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP AT STERN. SEABED BROKEN SHELL. (G LOCKETT). NCA. HH091/217/01 - SEP 2009/000186628 22.6.09 EXAM'D 26.11.08 IN 5032.453N, 0216.138W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.61 IN GEN DEPTH 28.6MTRS. LENGTH 141.3MTRS, WIDTH 24.9MTRS, HT 5.99MTRS. LIES 170/350 DEGS WITH BOWS N. BROKEN UP, LEAST DEPTH APPROX 1/3 OF LENGTH FROM STERN. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1217A). AMEND WK 22.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH091/154/01 21.7.09 LOCATED 3.1.09 IN 5032.472N, 0216.137W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.44 IN GEN DEPTH 27.7MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 145.5MTRS, WIDTH 72.33MTRS (SIC), HT 5.3MTRS. LIES 172/352 DEGS. STRONG MAGENTIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1154). IN TWO PARTS. NCA. SEP2022/000287776 29.11.22 EXAM'D 2020 IN 5032.487N, 0216.152W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. (UKHO, HI1667). AMEND WK 21.5MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UK NM 239/23, COLLAPSED, BOWS N LYING ON PORT SIDE

Position: 50 32.487 N,2 16.152 W

 

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