This is the information page about the shipwreck Charles d mciver, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 22.484 N,3 4.789 E (51.604716666667, 3.38255)
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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: CHARLES D MCIVER
Length 134.4 meter, width: 17.4 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 7176 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: built in 1943 by the n carolina shipbuilding company. a libery ship. passage antwerp to southend & new york. sunk by mine or torpedoed by submarine off ostend. (liberty ships, ll ww2).
Year of registration: 1945
Water depth above wreck: 5 meter
Known since: 1945, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: H01819/45 3.5.45 ST IN 512228N, 030441E PA, MARKED BY G CAN BUOY, GPFL(2)G10S. (ADMIRALTY).
- NM 1258/45. H02608/45 29.5.45 NOW CHARTED IN 512228N, 030448E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. H5371/46 21.11.46 AMENDED TO DW (MAST). (NETH NMS 632 & 649/46).
- NM 3231/46. H5371/46 17.3.48 NOW SHOWN AS ST IN 512233N, 030445E. (OSTEND NAV WARNINGS DTD 17 & 26.1.48, & 28.2.48).
- NM 579/48. 4.8.49 NOW MARKED BY G CAN BUOY, GPFL(2)G10S. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 325. 8.8.52 WK BEING DISPERSED. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NCA H3697/52 11.9.53 SHOWN AS DW (MAST) WITH BUOY ON NETH 203. NE 325. H3697/52 10.10.53 AMENDED TO WK 4FMS 5FT [9MTRS] WITH G BUOY. (HMS SHACKLETON).
- NM 2342/53. H3697/52 14.5.54 DELETE BUOY. (OSTEND NM 8/51).
- NM 1115/54. H3697/52 31.7.70 NOW WK SW 9MTRS [4FMS 5FT]. (OSTEND NM 132/71). NE 1872. H3199/74 17.6.74 AMENDED TO FOUL, SHOWN AS NDW ON BELGIAN 7 SHEET 12. BR STD. H3199/74 11.12.74 SHOWN AS FOUL ON BELGIAN 1 [1974 EDN]. H1545/64 27.10.76 AMENDED TO FOUL IN 512233N, 030453E. (OSTEND NM 78/76).
- NM 1935/76. 18.7.86 SHOWN AS NDW ON BELGIAN 101 [INT 1474]. BR STD. 11.2.91 NAME GIVEN AS 'MAC. D. IVER', NDW IN 512232.5N, 030452.5E [EUR]. (NETH WK RECORDS SEP'90, EDN NO.1331). 22.6.93 NOW SHOWN AS FOUL IN 512233N, 030451E [EUR] ON BELGIUM 101 [1992 EDN]. BR STD. 31.5.07 SHOWN IN 5122.484N, 0304.782E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 101 [INT 1474] [JUN 2006 EDN LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 1874.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 22.484 N,3 4.789 E