Wreck: Altmark (Motor vessel)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Altmark, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 50.262 N,3 1.037 E (52.1134167, 2.8418)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: ALTMARK
Length 60 meter, width: 9.4 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 425 ton
Load: clay products
Cause: 21.4.80 on passage par for dordrecht. sank after taking on water through broken hatch in high seas. (ll, 21.4.80).
Year of registration: 1980
Water depth above wreck: 24 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm
Known since: 1980, last detected: 2022
Details measurements/cartography: H4830/74 24.4.80 WK IN 514718N, 030230E APPROX. (LL, 21.4.80). ALSO REP AS DANGEROUS IN 514600N, 030200E [EUR] APPROX. (NETHERLANDS NAVY). NAVAREA 1, 102/80 ISSUED FOR LATER POSN. NCA YET. H4830/74 7.5.80 WK NOW REPORTED IN 515018N, 030106E [EUR], MARKED BY W CARD BUOY. (NETHERLANDS). NAVAREA 1, 108/80 ISSUED. NCA YET. H3450/80 1.7.80 WK LEAST DEPTH 17.5MTRS IN 515019N, 030107E, MARKED BY W CARD LT BUOY, VQ(9)10S, "ALTMARK", 260DEGS 200MTRS FROM WK. A FURTHER W CARD BUOY, RACON "W" LAID TEMPORARILY, 100MTRS FROM WK ON SAME BEARING. (NETHERLANDS NM 1733/80).
- NM 1565/80. H4830/74 20.10.82 NOW WK SW 22MTRS. (NETHERLANDS NM 3150/81). NE 110 & 3371. H3450/80 20.1.86 W CARD BUOY REMOVED. (NETHERLANDS NM 2148/82). PRESUMABLY TEMP BUOY REMOVED. (CHART BRANCH). NCA. 2.6.94 WK LOCATED IN 515017N, 030103E [EUR], LYING ON PORT SIDE WITH BOWS W. (J COULON, LTR DTD 10.5.94). NCA. 23.12.04 SHOWN IN 5150.267N, 0301.037E [WGD] ON NETHERLANDS 110 [INT 1473] [4TH EDN DEC'04, CO-PRODUCTION]. NE 110. 17.9.07 SHOWN AS WK 21.5MTRS [LAT] ON NETHERLANDS 110 [INT 1473] [2007 EDN CO-PRODUCTION]. NE 110.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 50.262 N,3 1.037 E
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