This is the information page about the shipwreck Catharina geertruida, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 54.4 N,5 43.476 E (54.9382167, 5.684)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: CATHARINA GEERTRUIDA
Length 29 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 168 ton
Cause: Engine room flooded and reported sinking. abandoned and left drifting. presumed sunk. (ll).
Year of registration: 1981
Water depth above wreck: 45 meter
Known since: 1981, last detected: 2019
Details measurements/cartography: H3966/76 8.4.81 DW OF FV REORTED IN 540600N, 054300E AT 260405Z MAR. (SEEWARN CUXHAVEN NAV WARNING 257/81). NAVAREA I 055/81 ISSUED. AWAIT NETHERLANDS NM. H3966/76 7.12.81 REPEAT OF ABOVE INFO. (HAMBURG NM 1208(T)/81).
- NM 3003(T)/81. H3966/76 5.1.82 NO WRECK IN 540600N, 054300E. ACCORDING TO HNLMS BANCKERT, CATHARINA GEERTRUIDA SANK IN 545436N, 054330E. (HYDRNLNAVY TELEX 4.1.82). BR STD. H3966/76 17.2.82 REFERRED TO AS DANGEROUS WK. (HAMBURG NM 125(T)/82). NCA YET. H2122/80 1.2.83 CONFIRMED AS DW. (HAMBURG NM 4666/82). BR STD. HH328/350/01 8.2.90 NOW WK 38.5MTRS IN 545425N, 054336E [EUR]. (HAMBURG NM (21)50/1/90).
- NM 621/90. 25.2.05 RECORD REVIEWED. AMEND WK 38.5MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2015/000158093 15.1.16 SHOWN AS NDW 38.5MTRS IN 5454.445N, 0543.452E [WGD] ON DE221000 [ED7.0, DTD 10.07.15]. AMEND TO REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 54 54.4 N,5 43.476 E