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 22.85 N,2 34.654 E (51.1325, 2.5103667)

 

Open the Water Map of this area in a full window
 

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. Apache
3. Auretta
4. Birkenfels
5. Bourrasque
6. Bowsprite (bow section)
7. Bramden (possibly)
8. Breda
9. Bruno heinemann (z.8)
10. Clan macalister
11. Clan macneil (possibly)
12. Cmb 1
13. Cmb 71a
14. Dawdon
15. Dortmund
16. Douaisien (possibly)
17. Emeraude
18. Empire path
19. Etendard
20. Fl5
21. G 96
22. Garden city
23. Harpalyce
24. Heinkel 111
25. Hm motor launch 561
26. Hms basilisk
27. Hms colsay
28. Hms gracie fields
29. Hms grafton
30. Hms grafton
31. Hms keith
32. Hms skipjack
33. Hms st abbs
34. Hms st achilleus (possibly)
35. Hms wakeful
36. Hms waverley
37. Hms whitley
38. John mahn
39. Keulse vaart iv
40. Kilmore
41. L'urtiga (possibly)
42. Laura
43. Lct(r) 457
44. Le copain d'abord
45. Lst 420 (stern section)
46. M 3610
47. Marie
48. Mariner (possibly)
49. Medee
50. Merlijn
51. Nautica ena
52. Normandie
53. P 319
54. Ptarmigan
55. Putten
56. Queen of the channel (possibly)
57. Quo vadis
58. Rijnstroom
59. Rita
60. Robert l vann
61. S 168
62. Sabrina
63. Saint camille
64. Sampa
65. Senator holthusen
66. Sigurds faulbaums
67. Sperrbrecker no 141 (probably)
68. Sterre der zee
69. Torpilleur branlebas
70. Trifels
71. Tringa
72. U 11
73. Ub 13
74. Ub 29
75. Ub29
76. Uc 1
77. Vlaanderen (probably)
78. West-hinder
79. Wielingen ii (possibly)
80. Wielingen ltv
81. Wolf
82. Zeester

 

Name: BOWSPRITE (BOW SECTION)

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

Cause: Built in 196 by ailsa shipbuilding co, troon. owned at time of loss by east coast aggregates ltd. vessel arrrived off nieuwpoort carrying 18800 tonnes sand and gravel following dredging operations. due to very bad weather no harbour pilot was avialable. the master decided to return to the thames estruary. shortly afterwards the vessel capsized, broke in two and sank. stern section later refloated and towed to zeebrugge for demolition. 7 men & 2 bodies recovered. two missing, presumed dead. (msd).

Year of registration: 1988

Water depth above wreck: 23 meter

Known since: 1988, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: HH342/350/01 7.6.89 SW 20.7MTRS IN 512254N, 023443E [EUR]. (OSTEND NM 87/89).

- NM 1864/89. HH100/351/02 6.4.90 WK DIVED ON 27.4.89 IN 512254N, 023442E AND FOUND T0 BE BOW SECTION OF THE BOWSPRITE. LIES UPSIDE DOWN IN 22.5MTRS. (D TERMOTE, 26.3.90). [BUT SEE 15786]. NCA. SEP 2010/000138707 14.10.10 SHOWN AS SW 20.6MTRS [LAT] IN 5122.850N, 0234.654E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 102 [NE 6.2010].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BOW SECTION, INVERTED

Position: 51 22.85 N,2 34.654 E

 

Wrecks near the Netherlands
Wrecks near Belgium
Wrecks near Germany
Wrecks near France
Wrecks near Great Britain
Wrecks off Denmark
Wrecks off Sweden
Wrecks off Norway