This is the information page about the shipwreck Flachsee, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 1.265 N,1 19.886 E (51.0759833, 1.4147)

 

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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. Admiral gardner
2. Afghanistan (probably)
3. Africa
4. Agen
5. Amplegarth
6. Andaman
7. Angelus (possibly)
8. Argo
9. Ashley
10. Atlantic (possibly)
11. Avoca
12. Belford
13. Blanc nez
14. Bobby
15. Brandenburg
16. Bravore
17. Cabo espartel
18. Cachalot
19. Carmen
20. Charente
21. Christianssund
22. City of dresden (possibly)
23. Colbert
24. Constanzia
25. Corhaven
26. D'artagnan
27. De fontaine
28. Dinard
29. Dotterel
30. E goodwin ltv
31. Efford
32. Eidsiva (probably)
33. Eleonora
34. Emma
35. Emma (possibly)
36. Empire lough (probably)
37. Empress of fort william (probably)
38. En avant
39. Eustratios (probably)
40. Falcon (probably)
41. Fearless
42. Flachsee
43. Flandres
44. Francesco ciampa
45. G-42 (possibly)
46. G-asad
47. Gad 23
48. Gladys
49. Gloire a sainte therese
50. Grit (probably)
51. Grosser kurfurst
52. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
53. Halcyon
54. Harcalo
55. Harmatris
56. Henry moon
57. Heron
58. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
59. Hmhs anglia
60. Hms aragonite (part of)
61. Hms aries (possibly)
62. Hms artic trapper
63. Hms blackwater
64. Hms brazen
65. Hms carlton
66. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
67. Hms city of dundee
68. Hms cleon
69. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
70. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
71. Hms glen boyne
72. Hms kingston galena
73. Hms lord grey
74. Hms lydian
75. Hms marcella
76. Hms napia
77. Hms niger (possibly)
78. Hms northumberland (probably)
79. Hms othello ii
80. Hms peridot
81. Hms restoration (possibly)
82. Hms rodino
83. Hms stirling castle (probably)
84. Hms torbay ii (probably)
85. Hms tranquil
86. Hms war sepoy
87. Hms weigelia
88. Hmsm b2
89. Holland
90. Hundvaag
91. Hydaspes (possibly)
92. Ilaro
93. Iltis (possibly)
94. Ines
95. Ira (possibly)
96. Jacob luckenbach
97. James harrod
98. Jokai
99. Josephine willis
100. Kabinda
101. Kadru
102. Katharina kolkmann
103. Kielce
104. Kirsten skou
105. Koenigshaven
106. L'armandeche
107. La fleche
108. Lady stella
109. Latona
110. Le pelerin de la mer
111. Le tregor
112. Leicester
113. Leila najia
114. Leo
115. Lizzonia
116. Loanda
117. Loic
118. Lord hamilton (possibly)
119. Luray victory
120. Lusitania
121. Mahratta
122. Mahratta ii
123. Maloja 1
124. Malta (probably)
125. Marie-ange loic
126. Mercator
127. Merel (part of)(possibly)
128. Mersey
129. Moise
130. Monarch
131. Moorside (probably)
132. Mrav
133. Murillo
134. Nancy moran
135. Naranco
136. Negrier
137. Newcastle
138. Nicolaw
139. Niki
140. Norman
141. North eastern victory
142. Notre dame des trois epis
143. Nunima
144. Ophelie
145. Ousel (probably)
146. Petit antoine
147. Phoenix
148. Polgrange
149. Portslade (possibly)
150. Preussen
151. Pulborough
152. Rio parana
153. River levan
154. Rochester castle (possibly)
155. Rydal force
156. Rynanna
157. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
158. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
159. Sabac
160. Saint benoit labre
161. Saint ronan (possibly)
162. Saint ronan (possibly)
163. Sambut
164. Samida
165. Santagata
166. Santagata (?part of)
167. Sea serpent
168. Seine
169. Shenandoah
170. Sir russell
171. St cecilia
172. Strathclyde
173. Teeswood
174. Texaco caribbean (after section)
175. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
176. The queen
177. Toward
178. Traquair (probably)
179. Tusnastabb (possibly)
180. U 11 (possibly)
181. U 16 (possibly)
182. U 48
183. U 8
184. Ub 103 (possibly)
185. Ub 108 (possibly)
186. Ub 109
187. Ub 31 ?
188. Ub 38
189. Ub 55 (probably)
190. Ub 56 (possibly)
191. Ub 58 (possibly)
192. Ub 78
193. Ub-33 (probably)
194. Uc 46
195. Uc 46 (possibly)
196. Uc 63
197. Uc 77 (possibly)
198. Uc 78 or uc 79
199. Unity
200. Virgo sancta
201. Vittoria claudia
202. W a scholten
203. Wheatman (possibly)
204. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: FLACHSEE

Length 76.3 meter, width: 10.5 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1335 ton
Load: chemicals,machinery and mechanical parts,general and mixed goods

Cause: Built in 1940 by atlas-werke a g, bremen. owned at time of loss by w schuchmann. passage bremen for cork. sank following a collision with ss canuk trader in thick fog. canuk trader kept her bow in the side of flachee until all crew were taken off. none were injured. (msd).

Year of registration: 1963

Water depth above wreck: 28 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1963, last detected: 20160910

Details measurements/cartography: H1129/63 19.3.63 CHAIN SWEEP FEBRUARY 1963 BY THV 'MERMAID' AND 'PATRICIA'. CLEAR AT 34FT, FOUL AT 35FT. GEN DEPTH 95FT. MARKED BY LT BUOY 230DEGS, 1 CABLE FROM WK. (TH 27.2.63 & TH NM 18/63). CHART AS WK 5FMS 4FT WITH G SPHERICAL LT BUOY INTQKFLG.10S CLOSE W.

- NM 572/63. H1506/62 25.3.63 BUOY NOW LETTERED 'C'. (TH MESSAGE 14.3.63). NCA. H1129/63 26.9.63 DISPERSAL CONTRACT PLACED TO A LEAST DEPTH OF 55FT. (TH, 10.9.63). H899/64 10.3.64 SALVAGE OPS IN PROGRESS MARKED BY FOUR YELLOW BUOYS. (RISDON BEAZLEY, 19.2.64).

- NM 481(T)/64. H3616/64 11.11.64 NOW CHARTED AS WK 9FMS 5FT. (TH HARWICH).

- NM 2129/64. H1270/72 26.6.72 DISPERSAL CONTRACT PLACED WITH SALVAGE & CABLE (FOLKESTONE LTD) TO CLEAR TO 70FT. (TH, 26.6.72). 10.9.73 NOW CHARTED AS WK 17.2MTRS. NC 1892. 9.5.75 WRECK OF SUBMARINE POSSIBLY UB 55 FOUND CLOSE NW. (TH TLX DTD 8.5.75). H1270/72 30.10.75 DISPERSAL OF WK DEFERRED TO LATER DATE. (TH, 14.10.75). H1270/72 10.11.77 LEAST DEPTH, DURING SURVEY CONDUCTED 18.10.77 USING SWEEP CHAINS, SIMRAD SONAR & E/S BY THV 'MERMAID', WAS 73FT [MLWS] IN GEN DEPTH 86FT. (TH, L(LH)433/63, 27.10.77). AMENDED SW 21.4MTRS [LAT] [11FMS 4FT].

- NM 2679/77. H4199/78 29.9.78 LOCATED 25.10.77 IN 510114N, 011958E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.3MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 30MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.5MTRS. LENGTH 55MTRS. LYING 046/226DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). RETAIN TH SWEPT DEPTH IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H2330/84 4.3.86 SQUARE SIDED, FLAT TOPPED WK EXAM'D 8.12.85 IN 510114N, 011959E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.7 IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH SHADOW HT 4.2MTRS, LENGTH 37.2MTRS. LYING 042/222DEGS. RECOMMEND CHART AS SWEPT 22.7MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 240B). AMEND TO WK 22.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/606/01 14.9.94 EXAM'D 3.8.94 IN 510113.8N, 011959.9E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 22.6, FOUL AT 23.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.8 IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.7MTRS. COVERS 32 BY 22MTRS. LIES 070/250DEGS. STRONG MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION. (NP 1016, HI 606). AMEND TO SW 22.5MTRS IN 510114N, 012000E [OGB].

- NM 3403/94. HH091/159/01 6.9.07 LOCATED 12.7.07 IN 5101.264N, 0119.886E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.68 IN GEN DEPTH 28.0MTRS. LENGTH 36MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS, HT 5.3MTRS. LIES 051/231 DEGS WITH BOWS NE. (OSAE, HI 1159). NOT IN SURVEY AREA. RETAIN SW 22.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 23.4.16 EXAM'D BY BDC; WK IN 5101.258N, 0119.877E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.8MTRS, IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. LENGTH 37MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS. NFS. (DS24 FOLKESTONE-POMERANIA MCZ, SURVEY 2012). AMEND DW 21.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2016/000297768 15.12.16 EXAM'D 2016 IN 5101.265N, 0119.886E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.94MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS, LENGTH 36MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS, HEIGHT 4MTRS, ORIENTATION 045/225 DEGS. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 1496, H102_HI1496_002_16). RETAIN LISTED DEPTH 21.5MTRS UNTIL FULL WRECK INVESTIGATION TAKES PLACE. SEP 2016/000091760 11.01.17 EXAM'D 10.9.2016; IN 5101.265N, 0119.886E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.94MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS, LENGTH 36MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS, HEIGHT 4MTRS, ORIENTATION 045/225 DEGS. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 1496). AMEND DW 22.5MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT

Position: 51 1.265 N,1 19.886 E

 

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