This is the information page about the shipwreck Den haag (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 2.5 N,8 26.6 W (47.791666666667, -8.35)
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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: DEN HAAG (POSSIBLY)
Length 143 meter, width: 19.2 meter, draught: 10.7, tonnage 8971 ton
Load: oil
Cause: built in 1925 by freid krupp. owned at time of loss by nv petroleum industrie maats. oil engines of 763nhp. torpedoed by u-48. inward bound for rotterdam, loaded. 26 men lost. (dods).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 700 meter
Known since: 1940, last detected: 2008
Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 150M NNW OF USANT. (DODS). 13.6.90 13.6.90 SHOWN AS NDW PA IN 480230N, 082636W [EUR] ON SPANISH 4A. NCA. 7.3.00 7.3.00 AMEND POSN. NCA. TOO DEEP TO CHART. 4.11.08 4.11.08 SHOWN ON FRENCH 7211 [4TH EDN' 08, 1:1000,000].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 48 2.5 N,8 26.6 W