This is the information page about the shipwreck Binnendijk, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 32.13 N,2 20.073 W (50.39495, -2.4067166666667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: BINNENDIJK
Length 121.9 meter, width: 16.5 meter, draught: 11.3, tonnage 6873 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,oil
Cause: 7.10.39 mined on 7.10.39. sank the following day.
Year of registration: 1939
Water depth above wreck: 25 meter, Height above seabed: 70 cm
Known since: 1939, last detected: 2009
Details measurements/cartography: H053/39 9.10.39 DW IN 503207N, 022000W. (FOIC PORTLAND). - FNM. H053/39 16.10.39 POSN NOW 503204N, 022016W. (CABLE SHIP KILMUN). - FNM 2363/39 & NM 1006/40. H053/39 10.10.42 LOCATED 254DEG, 4.75M FROM BN ON PORTLAND BILL. GEN DEPTH 84FT. ONE MAST SHOWING 20FT AT LWST. BUOY LAID CLOSE TO WK. (TH, 23.9.42).
- NM 2237/42. H53/39 7.3.47 DISPERSED. DRIFT SWEPT. CLEAR AT 46FT. (STEEPHOLM, 21.1.47) BUOY REMOVED. (TH & CINC PORTSMOUTH).
- NM 592/47. H53/39 14.9.49 POSN 074.5DEG, 4.82M FROM PORTLAND LT HO. DRIFT SWEPT, CLEAR AT 52FT, FOUL AT 53FT. LIES 070/250DEG. LENGTH 500FT. LIES IN 13FMS. (SML 1301, 20.8.49).
- NM 1191/49. H3124/52 7.6.52 SALVAGE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS. (RISDON BEAZLEY).
- NM 1065(T)/52 ISSUED. H3124/52 8.8.52 SALVAGE OPERATIONS DISCONTINUED. (RISDON BEAZLEY). H1310/88 10.8.88 STANDS UP TO 6MTRS HIGH IN 503204N, 022000W. LIES N/S. (T G WILSON, 6.7.88). NCA. H3848/86 14.1.91 EXAM'D 15.11.90 IN 503205.2N, 022001.5W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.3 IN GEN DEPTH 25.6MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3MTRS. MAIN WRECKAGE DIMENSIONS ABOUT 120 X 30MTRS, ORIENTATED 070/250DEGS AND VERY BROKEN UP. SCATTERED SMALLER WRECKAGE LIES WITHIN 60MTRS OF MAIN WRECKAGE. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 367/90). RETAIN SW 15.8MTRS IN AMENDED POSN. BR STD. HH091/217/01 / SEP 2009/000186628 22.6.09 EXAM'D 14.9.08 IN 5032.130N, 0220.073W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.25 IN GEN DEPTH 25.3MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 116.2MTRS, WIDTH 22.3MTRS, HT 4.08MTRS. LIES 070/250 DEGS. VERY BROKEN UP. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1217A). AMEND WK 21MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
- NM 295/10. HH091/154/01 31.12.09 LOCATED 23.2.09 IN 5032.125N, 0220.105W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.07 IN GEN DEPTH 25.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 128MTRS, WIDTH 41.8MTRS, HT 4.0MTRS. LIES 072/252 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1154). VERY BROKEN UP. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: VERY BROKEN UP
Position: 50 32.13 N,2 20.073 W