This is the information page about the shipwreck British liberty (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 4.813 N,1 56.757 E (51.0898333, 1.7715833)

 

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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. Acer
2. Acer
3. Advent
4. Alhama
5. Brighton
6. British liberty (possibly)
7. Ca 4
8. Camisard
9. Cap de la hague
10. Colbert (possibly)
11. Costas michalos (fwd part)
12. Dartmore
13. Dixie
14. Dyck ltv
15. Elizabeth and unknown
16. Estafette
17. Filleigh
18. Foudroyant (possibly)
19. G 85 (possibly)
20. Genimar
21. Henry b plant
22. Hms blackburn rovers (possibly)
23. Hms brighton queen
24. Hms flirt
25. Hms hermes
26. Hms redcar
27. Hms thuringia (possibly)
28. Hms wessex
29. Hms westella
30. Hoegh aigrette
31. Jean pierre et phillipe
32. Jonrix
33. Jupiter tr 1 (possibly)
34. Lst 364 (probably)
35. M 3630 (possibly)
36. Madimba (probably)
37. Mariner moon
38. Marthe
39. Melrose
40. Munificent
41. Nagro (possibly)
42. Neerlandais
43. Netty (possibly)
44. Niendorf (possibly)
45. Noroit
46. Ocean hound
47. Okeania
48. Pallieter
49. Paris (possibly)
50. Pavon
51. Port nicholson (probably)
52. Portrieux
53. Prinses astrid
54. Quentovic
55. Saint antoine de padoue
56. Saint michael veillez sur nous
57. Sint annaland
58. Smarapaan
59. Sperrbrecher 171 (possibly)
60. St pierre (aft section)
61. St pierre (fore portion)
62. Tbd 317
63. Tina primo
64. Toornvliet (probably)
65. U 37
66. Uc 26
67. Uc 63
68. Virginie
69. Western farmer (bow section)
70. Xanthence

 

Name: BRITISH LIBERTY (POSSIBLY)

Length 142.3 meter, width: 18.9 meter, draught: 10.4, tonnage 8485 ton
Load: oil

Cause: Vessel, built 1939, was mined & sank after running into allied minefield 4m ne of dyck ltv. owned at time of loss by british tanker co., she was en-route haifa to dunkirk. (dods, ww2sl & ll ww2).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 28 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H0101/40 8.9.69 DW IN 510451N, 015643E. (N FORELAND RADIO). CHART AS DW PA.

- NM 1849/40 & FNM 1850/40. PFNM 148/48 ISSUED.H0101/40 8.9.69 SEE DEAD RECORD OF WK [13495] IN 510223N, 015407E WHICH IS BELIEVED TO BE WK OF 'BRITISH LIBERTY' BY FRENCH AUTHORITY. HOWEVER, THIS PA WK IS RETAINED BECAUSE OF UNCERTAINTY & BECAUSE FRENCH HYDROGRAPHER REPORTS SONAR ECHO IN VICINITY 510451N, 015643E. (FR HYDROGRAPHER'S LETTER NO.431 M/SH1 DTD 25.8.69). 17.9.75 POSN AMENDED TO 510448N, 015646.5E [EUR].

- NM 2011/75. 8.11.76 OBSTN SHOWN IN 510447N, 015649E [OGB] ON KINGFISHER CHART KE 151-2 [JULY 1968 EDN]. POSN BY DECCA. NCA. 6.2.89 SHOWN IN 510446N, 015645.5E [OGB] ON NC 323. 4.7.90 UNKNOWN WK IN 510454.3N, 015645.6E [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 100MTRS, FIXED BY DECCA. LOCATED BY SONAR. DW IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. (FR WK RECORDS 1987, NO.21611013). HH351/410/02 4.11.94 AMENDED TO WK 26.0MTRS IN 510452N, 015650E [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 94 42 18).

- NM 4077/94. [OGB] POSN: 510447N, 015652E.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 4.813 N,1 56.757 E

 

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