This is the information page about the shipwreck Christiaan huygens, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 37.043 N,3 16.737 E (51.604716666667, 3.38255)

 

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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.

 

1. "t" vliegent hart
2. Admiralengracht
3. Altmark
4. Anna catharina
5. Birkenfels
6. Caesar stettin
7. Capella (possibly)
8. Charles d mciver
9. Childwall (possibly)
10. Christiaan huygens
11. Columbus
12. Cornelia
13. Croxteth hall
14. Doris
15. Edward dawson
16. Eleftheria
17. Empire blessing
18. Fort maisonneuve
19. Foscolo
20. Francis asbury
21. Frigg (possibly)
22. G 88
23. Garonne
24. Gorm
25. Grauw
26. Greta dania
27. Hmmms 248
28. Hmmms 257
29. Hms maori
30. Hr ms balder (possibly)
31. Jeannine andre
32. Jonge catharina
33. Kompas
34. Loodsboot 14
35. Loodsboot no.1
36. Lookout
37. Lst 80
38. M 3231 (possibly)
39. M 3267 (possibly)
40. Maeda
41. Magne
42. Marie
43. Meerkerk
44. Neutron
45. Neutron
46. Nippon
47. Noordzee
48. Prangehof
49. Redwood
50. Samselbu (after part)
51. Samselbu (fwd part)
52. Samsip
53. Samvern (e part)
54. Samvern (w part)
55. Santos
56. Seablue
57. Segre
58. Slera ventana
59. Songa
60. Spyros armenakis
61. Steel traveler
62. Tojaro
63. Trawl
64. Tuskar ii
65. Tysla
66. Ub 20 (possibly)
67. Uc 14
68. V 1405 (possibly)
69. Vestland
70. War diwan (after part)
71. War diwan (fore-ship)
72. Zuidpool

 

Name: Christiaan Huygens

Length 167.9 meter, width: 20.4 meter, draught: 11, tonnage 16287 ton

Cause: built 1927 by nederland scheeps, maats with oil engines of 2490nhp. owned at time of loss by n.v. stoomv. maats. nederland. mined in scheldt estuary and beached on s steen bank. broke in two and became total loss. 1 life lost. (dods).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 6 meter

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2022

Details measurements/cartography: 4.9.46 STRANDED WK IN 513702N, 031651E. (HAGUE NM 439 & 653/46). BA 110. H3946/46 30.9.46 MARKED BY G CONL LT BUOY, OCC.G.8S. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED)

- NM 3322/46. 29.10.46 AMEND POSN & BUOY. (HAGUE NM 784/46)

- NM 3628/46. 12.5.47 AMEND TO DW. (HAGUE NM 1203/47)

- NM 1152/47. 16.9.47 AMEND BUOY TO G CONL LT BUOY, GPFL(3)G.10S. (HAGUE NM 2193/47)

- NM 2485/47. H883/52 16.4.52 SHOWN IN 513706N, 031648E, WITH BUOY ON NETHERLANDS 204. NE 110. H2933/53 23.7.53 BUOY WITHDRAWN. (HAGUE NM 136/1976/53).

- NM 1456/53. H883/52 2.7.54 SHOWN AS WK SW 1.8MTRS [1FM] IN 513707N, 031647E ON NETHERLANDS 204. BR STD. 4.12.57 POSN CHANGE ON NETHERLANDS CHART. NE 110. H5098/56 29.5.61 WK NOW MARKED BY G CAN BUOY, W TOPMARK, LAID 1C W. (HAGUE NM 1322/61)

- NM 1126/61. 19.1.77 19.1.77 BUOY NOW W CARDINAL PILLAR. [IALA]. 12.8.79 12.8.79 POSN 513707N, 031651E [EUR]. (NETHERLANDS WK RECORDS). NC 110. H3086/88 26.10.88 H3086/88 26.10.88 BUOY NOW W CARD CONL. (NETHERLANDS NM 264/88). BR STD. 23.12.04 23.12.04 SHOWN AS WK SW 3.6MTRS IN 5137.067N, 0316.770E [WGD] ON NETHERLANDS 110 [INT 1473] [DEC '04 EDN, CO-PRODUCTION]. NE 110. 18.9.07 18.9.07 SHOWN AS WK SW 3.2MTRS [LAT] WITH 'CHR HUYGENS' W CARD CONL BUOY, CLOSE W, ON NETHERLANDS 110 [2007 EDN CO-PRODUCTION]. NE 110.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 37.043 N,3 16.737 E

 

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