This is the information page about the shipwreck Bussum (after part), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 48.097 N,8 4.536 W (55.799933333333, -7.9008)

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.

Name: BUSSUM (AFTER PART)

Length 109.7 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 3636 ton
Load: grain

Cause: built in 1917 by l vuijk & zonen. owned at time of loss by stoomv maats, 'oostzee'. triple expansion engine of 342nhp, single shaft. torpedoed by u-100. 29 survivors landed. (dods & ll ww2).

Year of registration: 1966

Water depth above wreck: 131 meter, Height above seabed: 30 cm

Known since: 1966, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: H095/39 SANK IN 553900N, 085800W. H1173/66 2.6.66 LOCATED IN 554802N, 080421W USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. WRECK IN TWO PARTS. GOOD SONAR FROM ALL ROUND, ESPECIALLY E. LEAST DEPTH 394FT IN 433FT. (HMS DALRYMPLE 1965). INS AS WK 65FMS. BR STD. H3740/69 9.7.69 A CARGO SHIP WITH DG AND A GUN ON THE POOP. CARGO PARTLY GRAIN. NOT THE OLDFIELD GRANGE. FORE PART STANDS 40FT IN 436FT. GOOD SONAR, ESPECIALLY ON 045DEG. AFTER PART STANDS 36FT IN 436FT. GOOD SONAR. LIES 246DEG 650YDS FROM FORE PART. (RISDON BEAZLEY MARINE LTD - 1969). H3919/75 22.7.75 WRECK RE-SURVEYED AND ASCERTAINED THAT FORE PART OF THE BUSSUM IS IN APPROX 554800N, 080318W. (RISDON BEAZLEY MARINE LTD, LTR DTD 18.7.75). NCA. 21.10.76 AMEND TO WK 120MTRS. NC 1770. HH100/351/22 26.9.05 DIVED 9.8.05 IN 5548.085N, 0804.54W [WGD]. A QUALITY BUILT CARGO SHIP. ACCOMMODATION AND BRIDGE AT STERN. ?BROKEN IN CENTRE. SPARE PROP. STANDS 6MTRS HIGH AT S END. (M MCVEIGH, EMAIL DTD 27.8.05). NCA. 3.5.07 WK LOCATED IN 5548.097N, 0804.536W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 131MTRS. LENGTH 57MTRS, WIDTH 16MTRS, HT 3.1MTRS. (INSS SURVEY 1999-2005). LIES 030/210 DEGS. SCOUR AT N END. NO DEBRIS. AMEND WK 125MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2014/000357199 25.2.14 LEAST DEPTH 127.30MTRS. (GSI). AMEND WK 127MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ACCOMMODATION & BRIDGE AT STERN

Position: 55 48.097 N,8 4.536 W

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