Wreck: Biesbosch (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Biesbosch, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 3.721 N,0 2.809 W (54.0620167, -0.0468167)
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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: BIESBOSCH
Length 46.3 meter, width: 7.7 meter, draught: 3.5, tonnage 492 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: Built in 1916 by j thomas wilmink & co, groningen. owned at time of loss by hollandsche, algem, atlant and maats. one boiler, triple expansion engine, single shaft. machinery by d landweer & zonen. passage antwerp for middlesbrough. general cargo. foundered.
Year of registration: 1924
Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 181 cm
Known since: 1924, last detected: 20200914
Details measurements/cartography: H113/24 WK IN 540400N, 000200W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). - TNM. H2964/31 17.11.31 AREA OF 6.25 X 6.5C AROUND POSN 540400N, 000200W SEARCHED BY OROPESA SWEEP TO DEPTH 63FT. NOTHING FOUND. WK PROBABLY NON-EXISTANT. (HMS FITZROY, 1931). H4069/72 5.3.80 EXAM'D IN 540342.9N, 000242W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.3 IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS. NO SCOUR. HT BY SHADOW 3.3MTRS. VERTICAL HT 4.9MTRS. LENGTH 57MTRS, BEAM 16MTRS, LYING 171/351DEG ON SMOOTH GRAVEL. BROKEN, BUT GENERALLY INTACT. NUMEROUS HIGH POINTS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 47/79). BR STD. 15.1.12 [WGD] POSN: 5403.731N, 0002.804W. SEP 2021/000166150 7.8.20 EXAM?D 14.09.20 IN 5403.721N, 0002.809W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 18.16MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. LENGTH 54.3MTRS, WIDTH 10.4MTRS, HT 5.4MTRS. ORIENTATION 181/001 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 11.2MTRS, WIDTH 52.9MTRS, 0.7MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 186 DEGS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1587). UPRIGHT, BROKEN UP AND PARTIALLY BURIED WITH BOILER AND FUNNEL VISIBLE. AMEND DW 18.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN UP AND PARTIALLY BURIED. UK NM 3021/21
Position: 54 3.721 N,0 2.809 W
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