This is the information page about the shipwreck Eurabia sun, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 37.676 N,5 56.308 E (53.6365833, 6.0043)

 

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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.

 

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8. Elvie
9. Eurabia sun
10. Eurosee
11. Gruno
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20. Kai
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22. Krimhild
23. Maria van hattem
24. Maria van hattem (possibly)
25. Oriente
26. Sandy hook
27. Scharnhorst
28. Schute
29. Sperrbrecher 102
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31. U 7 (probably)
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36. Wilhelm luhring

 

Name: EURABIA SUN

Length 119.5 meter, width: 14.9 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 3840 ton
Load: gas,fertiliser: natural and products,ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined

Cause: Built in 1961. sank 12m off ameland when cargo shifted during a gale. owned at time of loss by eurabia shipping agency ltd, vessel was en-route gdansk to tartous.

Year of registration: 1974

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter

Known since: 1974, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: 29.10.74 SANK IN 533700N, 055600E APPROX. (LLOYDS 218). 1.11.74 SANK IN 22MTRS OF WATER. (LLOYDS 218) NEAVEAM ISSUED. H4856/72 13.11.74 WK 4MTRS IN 533746N, 055600E, MARKED BY G CAN LT BUOY, QKFLG, WITH TOPMARK & RAREFL CLOSE W. (NETH HYDRO, TLX DTD 31.10.74). NAVEAM ISSUED. H4856/72 11.12.74 WK 4MTRS IN 533746N, 055624E, WITH G CAN LT BUOY, QKFLG, TOPMARK & RAFL CLOSE W. (NETH NM 3405/74). INS AS WK 2FMS 1FT WITH BUOY.

- NM 63/75. H4856/72 21.1.75 NOW WK 10.5MTRS IN 533746N, 055624E [EUR]. (NETH NM 3657/74. AMEND TO WK 5FMS 4FT. BR STD. H4868/71 22.4.75 WK LIES ON ITS SIDE. (NETH WK RECORDS). H3968/76 10.11.77 NOW SW 11MTRS. BUOY REMOVED. (NETH NMS 3075/77 & 3325/77). AMEND TO SW 6FMS. DELETE BUOY. BR STD. 16.8.89 EURABIA SUN, SW 11.3MTRS IN 533746N, 055624E. (NETH WK RECORDS, 1988). 16.8.89 AMEND TO SW 11.3MTRS. NC 1405. 7.4.11 SHOWN AS SW 11MTRS IN 5337.677N, 0556.336E [WGD] ON BA 1633 [EDN 2 DTD 23.12.10].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 37.676 N,5 56.308 E

 

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