This is the information page about the shipwreck Bowsprite (bow section), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 22.19 N,2 34.461 E (51.1325, 2.5103666666667)

 

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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. Aloha
3. Apache
4. Auretta
5. Birkenfels
6. Bourrasque
7. Bowsprite (bow section)
8. Bowsprite (bow section)
9. Bramden (possibly)
10. Breda
11. Bruno heinemann (z.8)
12. Calypso
13. Clan macalister
14. Clan macneil (possibly)
15. Cmb 1
16. Cmb 71a
17. Dageraad
18. Dawdon
19. De wandilaar
20. Dortmund
21. Douaisien (possibly)
22. Ely
23. Emeraude
24. Empire path
25. Etendard
26. Fenella (possibly)
27. Fl5
28. Floride (probably)
29. G 96
30. Ganko
31. Garden city
32. Halo (probably)
33. Harpalyce
34. Heinkel 111
35. Hm motor launch 561
36. Hms basilisk
37. Hms colsay
38. Hms gracie fields
39. Hms grafton
40. Hms grafton
41. Hms hayburn wyke
42. Hms keith
43. Hms king orry
44. Hms polly johnson
45. Hms skipjack
46. Hms st abbs
47. Hms st achilleus (possibly)
48. Hms wakeful
49. Hms waverley
50. Hms whitley
51. Hoop op vrede (n 741)
52. Horst
53. John mahn
54. Kap arkona
55. Kestrel
56. Keulse vaart iv
57. Kilmore
58. L'urtiga (possibly)
59. Laura
60. Lct(r) 457
61. Le copain d'abord
62. Lorina
63. Lorina (possibly)
64. Lst 420 (bow section)
65. Lst 420 (stern section)
66. Lucy jenny ii
67. M 3610
68. Marie
69. Marie
70. Mariner (possibly)
71. Medee
72. Merlijn
73. Mona's queen
74. Msc alyssa
75. Nautica ena
76. Normandie
77. P 319
78. Putten
79. Queen of the channel (possibly)
80. Quo vadis
81. Rijnstroom
82. Rita
83. Robert l vann
84. Robert-clara
85. S 168
86. S 220
87. Sabrina
88. Saint camille
89. Saint therese de jesus
90. Sea hunter
91. Senator holthusen
92. Sigurds faulbaums
93. Sperrbrecher 170 (probably)
94. Sperrbrecker no 141 (probably)
95. St fagan
96. Sterre der zee
97. Toquet
98. Torpilleur branlebas
99. Trifels
100. Tringa
101. U 11
102. Ub 13
103. Ub29
104. Uc 1
105. V 201 (possibly)
106. Vlaanderen (probably)
107. West-hinder
108. Wielingen ii (possibly)
109. Wielingen ltv
110. Wolf
111. Zeester

 

Name: BOWSPRITE (BOW SECTION)

Length 80.5 meter, width: 13.7 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 1503 ton
Load: stone,sand

Cause: reported sinking with back broken. later capsized, broke in two and sank. stern section was recovered and towed to zeebrugge for demolition.

Year of registration: 1988

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter

Known since: 1988, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H2731/85 20.12.88 SUNK IN 512215N, 023427E. TO BE MARKED BY 4 CARDINAL BUOYS. (OSTEND TELEX 7.12.88). H2731/85 20.12.88 MARKED BY W CARD BUOY, FL(9) 15S, IN 512212N, 023415E, ALSO S CARD BUOY, FL 6 + LFL 15S, IN 512204.5N, 023433E. (OSTEND NAV WARNINGS 405 & 406). INS SW 17MTRS (9FMS 2FT) WITH BUOYAGE.

- NM 154/89. H2731/85 21.12.88 POSN REPEATED. (OSTEND NM 143(T)/88). NCA YET. H2731/85 4.1.89 WK MARKED BY - (A) W CARD, FL(9) 15S, IN 512212N, 023415E; (B) E CARD, FL(3) 10S, IN 512211N, 023444E; N CARD, Q, IN 512222N, 023443E; AND S CARD, FL(6) + LFL 15S, IN 512210N, 023437E. WK SWEPT CLEAR AT 17MTRS. (OSTEND TELEX, 29.12.88). H2731/85 9.2.89 POSN NOW 512214N, 023432E. (OSTEND NM 151/88). NCA. H2731/85 9.2.89 MARKED BY N, E, S & W CARD BUOYS (OSTEND NM 152(T)/88). NCA. HH342/350/01 8.5.89 W AND E CARD BUOYS TO BE WITHDRAWN SHORTLY. (BELGIAN NM EDN 7/89).

- NM 1533/89. HH342/350/01 11.7.89 W AND E CARD. BUOYS WITHDRAWN. (OSTEND NM 106/89). NFA. HH342/710/01 20.8.92 N AND S CARDINAL BUOYS WITHDRAWN. (OSTEND NM 198/92).

- NM ACTION. 6.9.93 SHOWN AS SW 17MTRS ON NETHERLANDS 3371 [1993 EDN]. HH342/710/06 16.1.02 NOW FOUL IN 5122.24N, 0234.54E [EUR]. (BELGIAN NM 26/173/01).

- NM 797/02. SEP 2010/000138707 14.10.10 SHOWN IN 5122.190N, 0234.461E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 102 [NE 6.2010].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 22.19 N,2 34.461 E

 

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