This is the information page about the shipwreck Edam ii, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 3.368 N,3 58.994 W (50.056133, -3.983233)

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.

Name: EDAM II

Length 100 meter, width: 12.6 meter, tonnage 3130 ton

Cause: built in 1883 by nederlandsche stoomboaot mij. owned at time of loss by n a s m (holland-amerika line). compound expansion engine of 500hp. passage new york for rotterdam. this was the first steel-hulled vessel to be constructed outside of the united kingdom. (n r chipchase).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 70 meter, Height above seabed: 12 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: H0113/45 25.3.45 H0113/45 CONTACT IN 500318N, 035906W. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 25.3.45). SONAR CONTACT. (C-IN-C PLYMOUTH, AUBD 302/46). H3110/72 8.1.73 H3110/72 8.1.73 GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN SANDWAVE AREA IN 500321.0N, 035857.5W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. GOOD FIRM E/S TRACE. LEAST E/S DEPTH 65 IN GEN DEPTH 70MTRS. NO SCOUR. (HMS HECATE, 1972). CHART AS WK 65MTRS IN 500321N, 035857W. NC 1613. H2063/82 25.1.85 H2063/82 25.1.85 EXAM'D BY HMS FAWN 17.7.84 IN 500325N, 035852W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 63 IN GEN DEPTH 68MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7MTRS, LENGTH 110MTRS, BEAM 12MTRS. LYING 030/210DEGS. WELL DEFINED LARGE WK, POSSIBLY PARTIALLY BURIED. (HMS HECATE, 5.12.84). CHART AS WK 61MTRS IN HMS HECATE'S 1972 HIFIX POSN. BR STD. HH091/059/01 14.4.05 HH091/059/01 14.4.05 EXAM'D 6.7.04 IN 5003.368N, 0358.994W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 64.3 IN GEN DEPTH 70.6MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 102MTRS, WIDTH 21MTRS, HT 6.3MTRS. LIES 012/292 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT, PARTIALLY COLLAPSED. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 64MTRS. BR STD. 3.9.07 3.9.07 WK IS UPRIGHT WITH BOWS N. FOC'S'E HAS COLLAPSED AND IS A TANGLE OF WRECKAGE. FWD CARGO HATCH IS INTACT BUT MUCH OF THIS AREA APPEARS TO BE FILLED WITH SAND. THE PORT HULL HERE IS ONLY 0.5MTRS HIGH. THE ENTIRE STBD SIDE HAS COLLAPSED INWARDS, BREAKING THE FRAMES NEAR THE STERN AND PART COVERING THE ENGINE, PROP SHAFT AND STBD BOILER. PORT BOILER STANDS ON END AS DOES THE DONKEY BOILER. MORE TANGLED WRECKAGE LIES JUST FWD OF THE BOILERS. THE AFTER CARGO HATCH CAN ALSO BE SEEN AND JUST FWD OF THIS THE HUGE ENGINE LIES ON ITS PORT SIDE. STERN RISES TO 69MTRS AT ITS HIGHEST POINT, WHICH HAS ALSO COLLAPSED TO PORT. PROP LIES ON THE SEABED. POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED BY THE BUILDER'S PLATE. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BOW & STBD SIDE COLLAPSED, BOWS N

Position: 50 3.368 N,3 58.994 W

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