This is the information page about the shipwreck Driebergen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 24.142 N,1 24.345 W (55.295866666667, -1.17345)

 

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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. Acclivity
2. Albano
3. Alert (possibly)
4. Annie walker (probably)
5. Athelduke
6. Auckland castle
7. Baltanglia
8. Bangarth
9. Buka
10. Bullger
11. Chris christenson
12. Coquet mouth
13. Cor jesu (possibly)
14. Dolphin (ex-hms pandora).
15. Don (possibly)
16. Dora
17. Driebergen
18. Dutchman
19. Eglinton
20. Elziena
21. Elziena (possibly)
22. Emily reaich
23. Emma
24. Espire
25. Everene (possibly)
26. Ferryhill
27. Fingal
28. George and mary (possibly)
29. Gottfried (possibly)
30. Gudbrand (possibly)
31. Hanne
32. Hazard (probably)
33. Heros (possibly)
34. Hesvik (possibly)
35. Hms ascot
36. Hms elise
37. Hms elise (possibly)
38. Hms herring
39. Hms kopanes
40. Hms mollusc (ex medusa)
41. Hms patia
42. Hmsm unity (probably)
43. Hooghammen
44. Hornchurch (probably)
45. Igor
46. Invergyle
47. Isbul & margarit
48. Jan van ryswyck
49. Kamma
50. Lafonia
51. Longbird
52. Lunesdale (possibly)
53. Merwede
54. Morlaix (probably)
55. Nidelven
56. Nike (possibly)
57. Olimpia/?olympia (possibly)
58. Peik (probably)
59. Pluto
60. Princess maud (possibly)
61. Provider a
62. Prunelle
63. Queen wilhelmina
64. Ragnhild (possibly)
65. Recorder (possibly)
66. Regian
67. Rising sun
68. Skovdal (probably)
69. Snowdonia
70. Somali
71. Spey (possibly)
72. Sphynx
73. St andre
74. St fergus
75. Svava
76. Tadorne
77. The tetrarch (probably)
78. Thomas jackson (possibly)
79. Tioga
80. U 1274
81. Ub 115 (possibly)
82. Upcerne
83. Wearsider

 

Name: DRIEBERGEN

Length 122.5 meter, width: 17.7 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 5231 ton
Load: grain

Cause: built in 1923 by new waterway sb co, schiedam. owned at time of loss by n v zuid hollandsche scheev, rotterdam. three boilers, turbine engine for 12.5 knots. passage bahia-blanca and methil for the tyne. sank fowwoing collision with briths mv port darwin. (r young).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 54 meter, Height above seabed: 125 cm

Known since: 1999

Details measurements/cartography: H0830/40 19.9.40 H0830/40 19.9.40 COLLISION IN POSN 552500N, 012200W, APPROX. (FOIC TYNE). HH242/630/05 26.5.99 HH242/630/05 26.5.99 LOCATED IN 5524.133N, 0124.333W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 54MTRS. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.0MTRS. LIES 130/310 DEGS. INTACT. (MV ANTARES, HN DTD 18.5.99 FOR HI 843). INS AS WK 47MTRS. BR STD. HH090/843/01 4.1.00 HH090/843/01 4.1.00 EXAM'D 16.6.99 IN 5524.142N, 0124.345W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 47 IN GEN DEPTH 54MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 81MTRS, WIDTH 19MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.4MTRS. LIES 125/305 DEGS WITH BOWS 125 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. LOT OF DEBRIS IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY. UPRIGHT WITH BOW BROKEN OFF. (GARDLINE, HI 843). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 15.11.05 15.11.05 HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS DRIEBERGEN BY THE RECOVERY OF A LARGE BELL ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO. (R YOUNG). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOW DETACHED, BOW 125 DEGS

Position: 55 24.142 N,1 24.345 W

 

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