This is the information page about the shipwreck De blauwe tulp (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 56.966 N,7 3.907 E (57.65, 7.1666666666667)
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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: DE BLAUWE TULP (PROBABLY)
Length 74.7 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 5.7, tonnage 1200 ton
Load: chemicals
Cause: vessel, built 1968 by angyalfold shipyard, budapest. owned at time of loss by white star shipping & trading co. bv. on passage from gdynia for belfast. sank off farsund after developing a leak. 2 lives lost. (lloyds vol.222 & msd).
Year of registration: 1975
Water depth above wreck: 90 meter
Known since: 1975, last detected: 2008
Details measurements/cartography: 8.12.75 8.12.75 POSN GIVEN AS OFF FARSUND, 20M SE OF LISTA. (LLOYDS VOL.222). NCA, POSN 575500N, 070500E FOR FILING ONLY. 14.6.02 14.6.02 NDW SHOWN IN 5756.950N, 0703.950E [WGD] ON NORWEGIAN 10 & 11 [REPRINTS 4/00]. PROBABLY THIS WK. NC 3535. 5.2.08 5.2.08 SHOWN IN 5756.966N, 0703.907E [WGD] ON NORWEGIAN 10 [REPRINT JAN '07, ADOPTION]. NE 3517.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 57 56.966 N,7 3.907 E