This is the information page about the shipwreck Batavier 5, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 57.6 N,1 56.107 E (52.1500167, 1.8159667)

 

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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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Alastair
3. Ambient (probably)
4. Angelus
5. Batavier 5
6. British captain
7. British fortune (probably)
8. Brixton
9. Carica milica
10. Cedarwood (possibly)
11. Churston
12. Coalgas
13. Cormorant
14. Coureur des mers
15. Cressdene (possibly)
16. Cresta
17. Dagmar (probably)
18. Denewood
19. Disa (possibly)
20. Dolfijn (probably)
21. Duke of york (bows)
22. Dulwich
23. Dunwich bank wk
24. Edernian
25. El argentino
26. Ellewoutsdijk
27. Estrella (possibly)
28. Eva witte
29. F stobart (probably)
30. Firth
31. Forth
32. Friargate (possibly)
33. Friargate (possibly)
34. Gannet (possibly)
35. Gena
36. Gerhard
37. Gipsy (possibly)
38. Golconda (possibly)
39. Grantleyhall (possibly)
40. Grenadier (probably)
41. Groeswen (probably)
42. Hardingham (probably)
43. Harlington (probably)
44. Harriet
45. Hebe
46. Hendon hall
47. Highwave (probably)
48. Hillglen
49. Hms adonis (possibly)
50. Hms donna nook
51. Hms eros (possibly)
52. Hms forward iii
53. Hms franc tireur
54. Hms hastfen
55. Hms hirose (probably)
56. Hms holdene
57. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
58. Hms leandros
59. Hms lord airedale
60. Hms monarch
61. Hms moravia (possibly)
62. Hms new comet (possibly)
63. Hms resono (possibly)
64. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
65. Hms river clyde (possibly)
66. Hms river clyde (possibly)
67. Hms sisters melville
68. Hms tervani
69. Hms waveflower
70. Hms whooper
71. Hmsm e6
72. Hornchurch
73. Ignis (possibly)
74. Ingi
75. Ionian (possibly)
76. J c dalble
77. Jamesina
78. Janny
79. Jim
80. Khartoum (possibly)
81. Knarsdale
82. Kwasind
83. La flandre (possibly)
84. Lapwing
85. Lincairn (possibly)
86. Lisette
87. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
88. Lonhelen (possibly)
89. Lord bute
90. Magdapur
91. Mangara
92. Mascotte
93. Mecklenburg
94. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
95. Mexico
96. Moidart
97. Newhaven (possibly)
98. Nico
99. Old charlton
100. Ostprussen (possibly)
101. Palembang (probably)
102. Paullette
103. Peik
104. Pescado
105. Petshenga (possibly)
106. Phryne
107. Plawsworth (possibly)
108. Polgarth
109. Ravenscraig (possibly)
110. Rhenas (possibly)
111. Salerno (possibly)
112. Savona (probably)
113. Scimitar
114. Shardana
115. Storm
116. Tergestea
117. Thornaby (possibly)
118. Thyra
119. Torchbearer
120. Uc 11 (possibly)
121. Vae victis
122. Victorious
123. Volscian (possibly)
124. Warrenpoint
125. Willy
126. Wychwood (possibly)
127. Wyetown
128. Yarmouth
129. Yewkyle (possibly)

 

Name: BATAVIER 5

Length 79.2 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1569 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid,general and mixed goods,grain,non-ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined

Cause: Built in 1902 by gourlay bros & co, dundee. owned at time of loss by wm h muller & co, algemeene sch. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 231hp, single shaft. passage london for rotterdam. cargo included 7000 bales of rice, coffee and ?fine goods, 14 cases of gold and ?5000. struck mine laid by uc-6.

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 12 meter, Height above seabed: 60 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 1995

Details measurements/cartography: H3098/16 POSN 515723N, 015615E. - FNM 261/16. (ALSO KNOWN AS-'BATAVIA 5'). H6391/19 INS ON CHARTS. ?AS DW. H6840/55 22.12.55 H6840/55 22.12.55 SALVAGE OPERATIONS. EXPLOSIVES USED, BUOYS LAID BY GRAY & THOMPSON. (NAVEAM 5617). H6840/55 30.1.56 H6840/55 30.1.56 OPERATIONS FINISHED. 26.11.76 26.11.76 SHOWN AS DW IN POSN 515723N, 015615E [OGB] ON NC 1610. HH090/667/01 21.12.95 EXAM'D 7.7.95 IN 515736.00N, 015606.41E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 10.5 IN GEN DEPTH 10-15MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 0.6MTR. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 060/240 DEGS. GOOD MAGNETIC ANOMALY. REMAINS OF BROKEN UP WK. UNABLE TO SWEEP DUE TO CLOSE LOCATION OF SHOAL WATER. (OCEONICS, HI 667). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: REMAINS OF BROKEN UP WK

Position: 51 57.6 N,1 56.107 E

 

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