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 (51.398883333333, 2.4536166666667)

 

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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. Bowsprite (bow section)
8. Bramden (possibly)
9. Breda
10. Callisto
11. Castor (possibly)
12. Clemenceau (possibly)
13. Copenhagen (possibly)
14. Dageraad
15. Dawdon
16. Empire path
17. Fl5
18. Garden city
19. Halo (probably)
20. Harpalyce
21. Hms grafton
22. Hms grafton
23. Hms wakeful
24. John mahn
25. Jurgen
26. Kap arkona
27. Katie h
28. Kilmore
29. Laura
30. Lct(r) 457
31. Marie
32. Mariner (possibly)
33. Medee
34. Merlijn
35. Msc alyssa
36. Normandie
37. Peppinella
38. Ptarmigan
39. Quo vadis
40. Rigel
41. Robert l vann
42. S 168
43. Texel
44. Tringa
45. Tubantia
46. Ub29
47. Uc 1
48. West-hinder
49. Wielingen ii (possibly)
50. 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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