This is the information page about the shipwreck Empire ness, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 22.367 N,3 54.154 E (51.5263333, 3.9914833)

 

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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. Ajdin
2. Alca
3. Alhema 2
4. Ariana
5. Ariana
6. Atlantide
7. Aziminia m.embericos
8. Baidar
9. Caritas
10. Comitas
11. Cw funch or phoenix
12. Elisabeth
13. Empire ness
14. Epirus
15. Fortune
16. Hms valentine
17. Ida 2
18. Inga
19. Janna a
20. Jupiter
21. Karina
22. Klundert 16
23. Kraan ii
24. Lasker
25. Lena margaretha
26. Maggie mcmaire
27. Marco
28. Onrust
29. Ougree
30. Richard 6
31. Silvio
32. Stella
33. Tigris
34. Tjalk
35. Tjalk
36. Vanda (possibly)
37. Viceroy
38. Zolderbak

 

Name: EMPIRE NESS

Length 96 meter, tonnage 2922 ton
Load: metal: concentrate and products

Cause: Built in 1941 by lithgows ltd, port glasgow. triple expansion engine. passage cherbourg for antwerp. collided with american liberty ship 'william paca' in the river schledt and sank near terneuzen. forward deck blown up due to explosion of gas bottles in cargo. (the empire ships).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 2 meter

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2022

Details measurements/cartography: HH21127/45 22.1.45 ST SHOWN IN 512224N, 035412E MARKED BY LT FL(2)G10S ON NETH 120. NE 120. HH04600/45 19.2.45 NOW FL(3)G15S. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 120. HH04854/44 18.4.45 NO LONGER SHOWN ON NETH CHART. DELETED.

- NM 1098/44. HH04854/44 21.6.57 SW 8.8MTRS [4FMS 5FT] IN POSN 176DEGS 1.33M FROM HOOK VAN VAARGEN. (HAGUE NM 83/1077/57).

- NM 1354/57. HH5878/56 21.6.57 NOW MARKED BY G CAN BUOY, FL(2)G10S, CLOSE E. (HAGUE NM 100/1317/57).

- NM 1354/57. HH04854/44 22.8.58 CLEARING OPS IN PROGRESS. (HAGUE TNM 161/2008/58). NCA YET. HH04854/44 25.8.59 WK & BUOY REMOVED. (HAGUE NM 168/2420).

- NM 1939/59. HH2934/62 24.7.62 WK SW 9.4MTRS [5FMS 1FT] SHOWN IN 512225N, 035414E ON NETH 1443. NE 120. 16.9.93 WK SW 9.4MTRS SHOWN IN 512225N, 035414E [EUR] ON NETH 120 [1993 EDN]. NC 120. 2.11.06 SHOWN IN 5122.367N, 0354.154E [WGD] ON NETH 120 [NOV 2006 EDN, CO-PRODUCTION]. NE 120. 17.6.10 SHOWN AS SW 9.1MTRS [LAT] ON BA 120 [EDN 9 DTD 22.1.09, COPRODUCTION].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 22.367 N,3 54.154 E

 

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