Wreck: Amsterdam (Hospital ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Amsterdam, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 25.602 N,0 33.996 W (49.426700, -0.566600)
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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: AMSTERDAM
Length 107 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 4220 ton
Cause: mined. (ww2sl).
Year of registration: 1944
Water depth above wreck: 20 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm
Known since: 1944, last detected: 2021
Details measurements/cartography: H03137/44 12.9.44 WK 6FMS 3FT IN 492541N, 003404W. (ADMIRALTY, AUG 1944).
- NM 1979/44. H7795/50 12.3.51 AMEND TO WK 7FMS [12.8MTRS] IN 492532N, 003354W. (FR NM 40/028/50).
- NM 507/51. H2745/75 AMEND TO WK 6FMS 5FT [12.7MTRS] IN 492541N, 003400W. (FR NM 80 25 27). R/P. H3898/82 17.5.82 SHOWN AS WK 14.9MTRS [8FMS 1FT] IN 492539N, 003355W [EUR] ON FR 6927 [1981 EDN]. BR STD. H4722/79 20.12.84 WK 14.9MTRS IN 492539N, 003355W [EUR]. (FR WK RECORDS). 25.7.90 SHOWN AS WK 14.9MTRS IN 492539N, 003355W ON FR 6927 [1985 EDN]. NAMED AS 'AMSTERDAM' IN 492539.3N, 003355W [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 20MTRS. EXAM'D BY E/S & SONAR. LEAST DEPTH 14.9 IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. WK LIES ON PORTSIDE, TORN OPEN, PROBABLY BY AN EXPLOSION. HT 5.4MTRS ABOVE SEABED. ORIENTATION E/W. (FR WK RECORDS 1987 NO.14590129). NCA. FR WK RECORDS ALSO REFER TO THIS WK AS 'FORT YALE'. THIS WK IS REPD IN 502255N, 005726W [WK NO 19850]. 27.12.12 [WGD] POSN: 4925.602N, 0033.996W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: LIES ON PORT SIDE
Position: 49 25.602 N,0 33.996 W
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