This is the information page about the shipwreck Birkenfels, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 38.935 N,2 32.309 E (51.3988833, 2.4536167)

 

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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. A-15 (possibly)
2. Alfonso tercero
3. Antje oltmann
4. Auretta
5. Birkenfels
6. Bowsprite (bow section)
7. Bramden (possibly)
8. Breda
9. Callisto
10. Castor (possibly)
11. Clemenceau (possibly)
12. Copenhagen (possibly)
13. Dawdon
14. Empire path
15. Fl5
16. Garden city
17. Harpalyce
18. Hms grafton
19. Hms grafton
20. Hms wakeful
21. John mahn
22. Jurgen
23. Katie h
24. Kilmore
25. Laura
26. Lct(r) 457
27. Marie
28. Mariner (possibly)
29. Medee
30. Merlijn
31. Normandie
32. Peppinella
33. Ptarmigan
34. Quo vadis
35. Rigel
36. Robert l vann
37. S 168
38. Texel
39. Tringa
40. Tubantia
41. Ub29
42. Uc 1
43. West-hinder
44. Wielingen ii (possibly)
45. Wielingen ltv

 

Name: BIRKENFELS

Length 156.1 meter, width: 18.6 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 6974 ton
Load: fertiliser: natural and products,general and mixed goods,ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined

Cause: Sank following collision in dense fog with w german mv marie luise bolten. passage rotterdam for the persian gulf via antwerp.

Year of registration: 1966

Water depth above wreck: 33 meter

Known since: 1966, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H4243/63 14.4.66 POSN 513900N, 023150E [EUR]. MAST VISIBLE. G CAN LT BUOY CLOSE SW. (NETH HO). INS AS DW MAST WITH BUOY.

- NM 751/66. H3150/69 14.4.66 POSN 513902N, 023221E [EUR]. (ATUHORITY NOT KNOWN). BR STD. H2423/71 14.1.72 WK LIES UPRIGHT. FAIRLY INTACT. DEPTH 6.8MTRS. (RIJKSWATERSTAAT, MS BARRACUDA). BR STD. H3150/69 18.5.72 NOW WK 6.8MTRS. (NETH NM 1089/72).

- NM 1012/72. 11.2.77 BUOY AMENDED TO W CARD, Q(9) 15S. H3150/69 23.8.84 POSN AMENDED TO 513902N, 023221E [OGB]. W CARD LT BUOY Q(9) 15S 'BIRKENFELS' CLOSE W. (NETH NM 483/84). HH340/530/02 27.7.94 NOW SW 6.8MTRS IN 513901N, 023221.5E [EUR]. (NETH NM 20/267/94).

- NM 2782/94. 23.7.13 SHOWN IN 5138.935N, 0232.309E [WGD] ON BA 1630 [EDN 6 DTD 13.6.13].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 38.935 N,2 32.309 E

 

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