This is the information page about the shipwreck Christel vinnen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 47.115 N,6 21.621 E (53.5606667, 6.5186833)
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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: CHRISTEL VINNEN
Length 78 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 1874 ton
Cause: Built 1922 by f krump. oil engine of 190 bhp, single shaft. owned at time of loss by f a vinnen. bombed and sunk by british aircraft north of e frisian islands. (dods).
Year of registration: 1952
Water depth above wreck: 21 meter
Known since: 1952, last detected: 2019
Details measurements/cartography: 25.11.52 DW IN 534623N, 062109E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. H902/56 13.2.56 NOW WK 13MTRS [7FMS] IN 534714N, 062145E. (HAMBURG NM 4538/55].
- NM 362/56. H1852/58 12.6.59 SHOWN IN 534714N, 062200E ON GERMAN 87. NE 3761. H5191/69 7.10.69 SHOWN IN 534720N, 062136E ON NM BLOCK FOR GERMAN 50. BR STD. H964/65 14.10.70 NOW SWEPT CLEAR AT 13.3MTRS [7FMS 2FT]. (HAMBURG NM 3728/70). BR STD. H5424/69 29.10.70 POSN NOW 534711N, 062138E. MARKED BY G CAN LT BUOY, INT.Q.G.13S, 100MTRS E. (HAMBURG NM 3847/70). BR STD. H5424/69 26.11.70 NOW MARKED BY G CONL LT BUOY, Q.FL.G, LAID 100MTRS W. (HAMBURG NM 4323/70). BR STD. H5424/69 24.8.71 SALVAGE OPS. BUOY TEMPORARILY MOVED ABOUT 300MTRS W OF FORMER POSN. (HAMBURG TNMS 2748/71 & 2924/71) NCA YET. H5424/69 1.10.71 NOW WK SW 17.8MTRS [7FMS 1FT]. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (HYDRODIENT 16.9.71 & HAMBURG NM 3682/71). NAVEAM 382/71 ISSUED. NE 3761. 18.10.76 SHOWN AS A GOOD SONAR CONTACT ON GERMAN 87 [1974 EDN]. NCA. 31.1.85 POSN GIVEN AS 534712N, 062139E. (NETHERLANDS WK RECORDS) NCA. H4642/87 7.12.87 POSN NOW 534706N, 062153E [EUR]. (HAMBURG NM (21)87/42/87). BR STD. 6.9.89 SHOWN AS WK SW 18.7MTRS ON NETHERLANDS 1352 [APR '88 EDN]. NE 1405. HH328/352/01 31.10.89 NOW SWEPT CLEAR AT 17.8MTRS. (NETHERLANDS NM 623/89). NE 1405. 11.10.07 SHOWN IN 5347.060N, 0621.803E [WGD] ON GERMAN 87 [INT 1413] [APR '06 EDN, ADOPTION]. NC 1635. 16.4.15 SHOWN AS WK 17.4MTRS [LAT] IN 5347.060N, 0621.803E [WGD] ON GERMAN 87 [EDN 10, DTD 3.2015]. SEP 2015/000166272 31.7.15 AMEND WK TO SW 17.9MTRS IN 5347.115, 0624.621E [WGD]. (NETHERLANDS NM 31/339/15). NFA, RETAIN 17.4MTRS FROM GERMAN 87.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 53 47.115 N,6 21.621 E