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 25.352 N,3 28.969 E (51.6047167, 3.38255)

 

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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. Admiralengracht
2. Alhema 2
3. Baidar
4. Baltique
5. Birkenfels
6. Caesar stettin
7. Capella (possibly)
8. Caritas
9. Childwall (possibly)
10. Christiaan huygens
11. Comitas
12. Cw funch or phoenix
13. Doris
14. Edward dawson
15. Epirus
16. Fort maisonneuve
17. Fortune
18. Frigg (possibly)
19. G 88
20. Garonne
21. Gorm
22. Grauw
23. Greta dania
24. Hmmms 248
25. Hmmms 257
26. Hms valentine
27. Hr ms balder (possibly)
28. Janna a
29. Jonge catharina
30. Klundert 16
31. Lasker
32. Loodsboot 14
33. Loodsboot no.1
34. M 3231 (possibly)
35. M 3267 (possibly)
36. Magne
37. Meerkerk
38. Noordzee
39. Ougree
40. Redwood
41. Samselbu (fwd part)
42. Seabird (possibly)
43. Seablue
44. Segre
45. Silvio
46. Songa
47. Spyros armenakis
48. Steel traveler
49. Stella
50. Tojaro
51. Trawl
52. Tuskar ii
53. Tysla
54. Ub 20 (possibly)
55. Uc 14
56. V 1405 (possibly)
57. Vanda (possibly)
58. Vestland
59. Viceroy
60. War diwan (after part)
61. War diwan (fore-ship)
62. Zuidpool

 

Name: BIRKENFELS

Length 131.4 meter, width: 17.4 meter, draught: 9.1, tonnage 6322 ton
Load: scrap metal

Cause: Torpedoed and sunk by british submarine. (authority not stated).

Year of registration: 1942

Water depth above wreck: 15 meter

Known since: 1942, last detected: 2022

Details measurements/cartography: H0411/42 13.1.42 DW IN 5125225N, 032902E, MARKED BY G BUOYS N & S. (BERLIN NM). - FNM 180/42. H04430/44 20.12.44 2 MASTS VISIBLE. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 2845/44. H21127/45 22.1.45 NOW CHARTED AS MAST DRYING 20FT. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 325. H3697/52 23.6.52 SWEEPING TAKING PLACE. (NETH TNM 141/1946). NCA. H3697/52 11.9.52 SHOWN AS DW (MAST) ON NETH 203. NE 325. H1147/54 29.10.54 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK NOW 8MTRS [4FMS 2FT]. (NETH NM 214/3012/54).

- NM 2364/54. H3446/60 1.8.62 SHOWN AS SW 8.5MTRS [4FMS 4FT] MARKED BY G CAN BUOY, GPFL(2)G10S ON NETH 1443.

- NM1578/62. H3330/49 9.9.63 NOW SWEPT CLEAR AT 10.7MTRS [5FMS 5FT]. (HAGUE NM 2192/63).

- NM 1860/63. H1147/54 27.5.65 CLEARANCE OPS IN PROGRESS. (HAGUE NMS 1490 & 2084/65). NCA YET. H3446/60 10.6.66 NOW SWEPT CLEAR AT 9.2MTRS [5FMS]. (HAGUE NM 1495/66).

- NM 1114/66 H3330/49 15.10.68 NOW MARKED BY SPHERICAL BUOY, RAREFL. (HMS ARGONAUT HN 3/68). BR STD. H3330/49 10.12.69 CLEARANCE OPS, 4 BUOYS TEMPORARILY ESTABLISHED. (HAGUE TNM 2829/69). NCA. H3330/49 11.9.70 SALVAGE OPS COMPLETE, BUOYS REMOVED. (HAGUE NM 1197/72). NCA. H3330/49 19.5.72 NOW SWEPT CLEAR AT 10.5MTRS [5FMS 4FT]. (HAGUE NM 1197/72). BR STD. H1271/73 15.2.73 CLEARANCE WORK. (HAGUE TNM 292/73) - TNM 483/73. H1271/73 29.10.76 NOW SWEPT CLEAR AT 13.4MTRS [7FMS 2FT], & BUOY REMOVED. (NETH NM 2836/76).

- NM 2249/76. H6217/82 1.7.86 DIVING OPS CARRIED OUT ON WK, LEAST DEPTH 17.3MTRS, IN 512526N, 032923E. (NETH NMS 338 & 363/86). NCA YET, COULD REFER TO THIS OR A SEPARATE WK. H6217/82 12.2.87 NOW SWEPT CLEAR AT 13.4MTRS. (NETH NM 55/87). NCA. 29.1.91 SWEPT CLEAR AT 13.4MTRS, IN 512524.1N, 032902.9E [EUR]. (NETH WK RECORDS - SEP'90 EDN - NO.S11 1483). BR STD.POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE 8.2.07 SHOWN IN 5125.36N, 0328.95E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 101 [INT 1474] [JUN 2006 EDN LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 1874. 23.5.11 SHOWN AS SW 13.1MTRS [LAT] IN 5125.352N, 0328.968E [WGD] ON NL400116 [EDN 14.14].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 25.352 N,3 28.969 E

 

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