Wreck: Bowsprite (bow section) (Dredger)

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, 2.5103666666667)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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.

 

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Shipwreck details

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

 

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