This is the information page about the shipwreck Feistein, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 41.443 N,4 47.908 E (54.7493333, 4.7153333)
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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: FEISTEIN
Length 98.8 meter, width: 14 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 2991 ton
Load: grain
Cause: Built in 1913 by blythe sb co. owned at time of loss by hans waage. triple expansion engine of 265nhp. passage philadelphia for rotterdam. (dods & scandinavian ww1 losses - d cox).
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 45 meter
Known since: 1917
Details measurements/cartography: 2.4.17 WK IN 544200N, 044800E. (AUTHORITY NOT GIVEN). H3039/26 CONFIRMS LOSS, GIVES NAME ETC. (AUTHORITY NOT GIVEN). H256/27 27.1.27 INS AS NDWPA (1917) IN 544200N, 044800E. NE 2182A. 3.8.72 SHOWN IN 544120N, 045020E ON DANISH FISHERIES 5404 [RECD 23.10.70]. 13.12.73 SHOWN ON NETH 1037. POSN 544118N, 044800E. (NETH WK RECORDS). 13.1.88 FEISTEIN, NDW IN 544118N, 044800E. (NETH WK RECORDS - JAN'88 EDN - NO.F6 311). H1270/76 10.1.89 SHOWN AS USC 28MTRS ON NETH 1014 [1988 EDN]. BR STD. HH160/351/01 21.12.89 AMENDED POSN TO 544118N, 044800E . BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 54 41.443 N,4 47.908 E