This is the information page about the shipwreck Emeraude, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 22.001 N,2 50.982 E (51.3816333, 2.6202333)
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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: EMERAUDE
Length 59.4 meter, width: 8.8 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 613 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: Sank 336 deg, 8m off ostend ltho after striking the wk of empire path. passage london for ghent. (r verpoorte).
Year of registration: 1945
Water depth above wreck: 20 meter
Known since: 1945, last detected: 2019
Details measurements/cartography: H3435/45 21.8.45 WK IN 512202N, 025055E OR 512200N, 025100E [EUR]. (NOIC OSTENDE/NETH REC). H3435/45 21.8.45 AFTER DISPERSAL SWEPT CLEAR AT 42FT, FOUL AT 43FT. (CAPT M/S SHEERNESS, 31.7.45).
- NM 2510/45. H0619/45 17.11.60 SALVAGE OPERATIONS. (OSTENDE NM 19/131/60(T)). H0169/45 11.1.61 NOW SW 15.0MTRS. (OSTENDE NM 25/176/60). BR STD. HH342/710/03 31.7.96 NOW IN 512203N, 025103.5E [EUR]. (BELGIAN NM 15/121/96). BR STD. SEP 2010/000138707 14.10.10 SHOWN AS SW 14.9MTRS [LAT] IN 5122.001N, 0250.982E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 102 [NE 6.2010].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 22.001 N,2 50.982 E