This is the information page about the shipwreck Childwall (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 22.118 N,3 15.771 E (51.6047167, 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: CHILDWALL (POSSIBLY)
Length 64.9 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 1334 ton
Load: fertiliser: natural and products
Cause: Sank following a collision with belgian s liner noordland while on passage iquique for antwerp.
Year of registration: 1954
Water depth above wreck: 5 meter
Known since: 1954, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: H3697/52 29.9.54 WK LOCATED IN 512211N, 031543E IN GEN DEPTH 4.5MTRS. (BELGIAN NM 14/81/54) CHART AS DW. NC 325. H3697/52 4.7.55 NOW CHARTED AS WK 2FMS 3FT. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). LC 325. H3697/52 23.4.71 WK NOW SWEPT CLEAR AT 2.6MTRS [IFM 2FT]. (OSTEND NM 43/71).
- NM 602/71. H1545/64 15.10.73 WK MARKED BY G PILLAR BUOY LAID 100YDS ENE. (OSTEND NMS 125, 136/73).
- NM 2129/73. H4489/76 7.9.76 POSN OF BUOY NOW CLOSE N. (OSTEND NM 96/76).
- NM 2045/76. 8.2.77 BUOY NOW N CARD SPAR. (IALA). NE 325. 16.5.77 SHOWN IN 512209.5N, 031547E ON BELGIAN SURVEY OF 1976 [K7718]. BR STD. HH100/351/01 18.8.89 PRANGENHOF SANK IN 512200N, 031700E, APPROX. (R VERPOORTE). LATER PRANGENHOF IDENTIFIED IN 512413N, 031802E [SEE 27438]. 12.2.91 NOW SW 2.6MTRS IN 512210N, 031551E [EUR]. (NETH WK RECORDS, SEP'90 EDN). NCA. HH342/720/03 18.3.02 PRANGENHOF IDENTIFIED AS THE WRECK IN 5124.21N, 0318.03E. (BELGIAN NM 5/67/02). IDENTITY OF WRECKS ON RECORDS 27438 & 27380 TRANSFERRED. NCA. 3.6.13 [WGD] POSN: 5122.118N, 0315.771E.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 22.118 N,3 15.771 E