This is the information page about the shipwreck Angela smits, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 47 36.49 N,7 34.51 W (47.75, -7.5666666666667)

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.

Name: ANGELA SMITS

Length 98.1 meter, width: 17.1 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 2408 ton
Load: gas,fertiliser: natural and products

Cause: vessel, built in 1980 by scheepsw & machine fab de groot & van vliet, took on heavy list after cargo shifted in heavy seas while on passage from norway to australia. all crew were rescued before the vessel drifted away and sank. owned at time of loss by marinus smits. (msd).

Year of registration: 1986

Water depth above wreck: 600 meter

Known since: 1986, last detected: 2002

Details measurements/cartography: H2909/85 10.3.86 H2909/85 10.3.86 LAST REPORTED PARTLY SUBMERGED IN 473800N, 073600W. (LL, 28.2.86). NCA. 16.9.93 16.9.93 SHOWN AS NDW PD IN 473800N, 073600W [EUR] ON FRENCH 6989 [1992 EDN] [1:345,000]. NCA. TOO DEEP TO CHART. 25.6.02 25.6.02 NDW SHOWN IN 4736.490N, 0734.510W [WGD] ON FRENCH 6989 [3RD EDN 2003]. NCA, PLOTS IN 600MTRS, TOO DEEP TO CHART.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 47 36.49 N,7 34.51 W

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