This is the information page about the shipwreck Bergum, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 50.02 N,7 18.51 E (54.0668667, 7.4069)

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: BERGUM

Length 84.7 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2199 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: Built 1957 by ateliers et chantiers be bretagne, nantes. owned at time of loss by kilani cia. nav., s.a. on passage algeria for poland. sank in 4 minutes, about 11m n of nordeney, after collision with mv "esbeek". all crew rescued. (msd).

Year of registration: 1971

Water depth above wreck: 23 meter

Known since: 1971, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H5191/69 15.3.71 DW IN 535007N, 071838E [EUR], MARKED BY G CAN LT BUOY, Q.G, CLOSE W. (HYDRODIENST TELEGRAM 11.1.71 & 21.1.71).

- NM 383/71. H5191/69 1.7.71 NOW WK SW 11.7MTRS [6FMS 2FT]. (HAMBURG NM 2184/71).

- NM 1033/71. H1271/71 28.10.71 BLASTING & CLEARANCE WORK. (HAMBURG 3716(T)/71). NCA. H5191/69 8.2.72 NOW WK SW 16MTRS. WK BUOY REMOVED. (HAMBURG NM 4800/71).

- NM 340/72. 7.5.08 WK SW 16MTRS [MLS] SHOWN IN 5350.020N, 0718.531E [WGD] ON GERMAN 87 [INT 1413] [7TH EDN APR '06 CORRECT TO 5.1.07, 1:150,000, ADOPTION]. SHOWN AS WK SW 15.6MTRS [LAT] ON LARGER SCALE GERMAN 89 [42ND EDN JAN '07 CORRECT TO WEEK 12/2007]. INS AS WK SW 16MTRS. NC 1635. SEP 2009/000001028 28.1.09 WK SW 17.9MTRS [LAT] IN 5350.02N, 0718.51E [WGD] SHOWN ON GERMAN 89 [43RD EDN NOV'08]. INS AS WK SW 18.3MTRS [MLWS] IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 17.4.15 SHOWN AS SW 17.9MTRS [LAT] IN 5350.020N, 0718.510E [WGD] ON GERMAN 87 [EDN 10, DTD 3.2015].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 50.02 N,7 18.51 E

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