This is the information page about the shipwreck Flandres, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 12.884 N,1 27.246 E (51.4688667, 1.5197833)

 

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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. 150
2. Admiral gardner
3. Advent
4. Africa
5. Agen
6. Algeria
7. Amplegarth
8. Andaman
9. Angelus (possibly)
10. Archon
11. Ashley
12. Atlantic (possibly)
13. Avon
14. Balakani
15. Brandenburg
16. Bravore
17. Ca 4
18. Camisard
19. Carmen
20. Cathay (part of)
21. Cedrington court
22. Christianssund
23. Colbert
24. Colbert (possibly)
25. Constanzia
26. Corhaven
27. Correct
28. D'artagnan
29. Dalryan
30. Dartmore
31. Diana
32. Dinard
33. Dixie
34. Dolcoath (part)
35. Dolcoath (part)
36. Dunbar castle
37. E goodwin ltv
38. Efford
39. Eidsiva (probably)
40. Eleonora
41. Embla (possibly)
42. Emile deschamps
43. Emma
44. Emma (possibly)
45. Empire lough (probably)
46. Empress of fort william (probably)
47. Empress of midland (possibly)
48. En avant
49. Falcon (probably)
50. Fearless
51. Filleigh
52. Flachsee
53. Flandres
54. Francesco ciampa
55. Fred everard
56. Frons olivae (probably)
57. G 85 (possibly)
58. G-42 (possibly)
59. Gad 23
60. Genimar
61. Grazia (possibly)
62. Grosser kurfurst
63. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
64. Halcyon
65. Harcalo
66. Henry moon
67. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
68. Hmhs anglia
69. Hms alert ?
70. Hms aragonite (part of)
71. Hms aries (possibly)
72. Hms artic trapper
73. Hms brazen
74. Hms carilon
75. Hms carlton
76. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
77. Hms chestnut (probably)
78. Hms city of dundee
79. Hms cleon
80. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
81. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
82. Hms fauvette
83. Hms flirt
84. Hms glen boyne
85. Hms gracie (probably)
86. Hms guardsman
87. Hms kingston galena
88. Hms lydian
89. Hms marcella
90. Hms mastiff (possibly)
91. Hms myrtle
92. Hms napia
93. Hms niger (possibly)
94. Hms northumberland (probably)
95. Hms othello ii
96. Hms peridot
97. Hms pyrope
98. Hms ray of hope
99. Hms restoration (possibly)
100. Hms rodino
101. Hms stella orion
102. Hms stirling castle (probably)
103. Hms tamarisk
104. Hms torbay ii (probably)
105. Hms tourmaline
106. Hms tranquil
107. Hms war sepoy
108. Hms weigelia
109. Hms wessex
110. Hmsm b2
111. Hundvaag
112. Ilaro
113. Ira (possibly)
114. Irene
115. Jacob luckenbach
116. James harrod
117. Josephine willis
118. Kabinda
119. Kadru
120. Karmt
121. Katharina kolkmann
122. Kielce
123. Kirsten skou
124. Koenigshaven
125. L'armandeche
126. Lady stella
127. Latona
128. Laurl coin
129. Lbv (m)396
130. Le pelerin de la mer
131. Leicester
132. Leila najia
133. Leo
134. Lisbeth m
135. Loanda
136. Lord hamilton (possibly)
137. Luray victory
138. Lusitania
139. Mahratta
140. Mahratta ii
141. Maloja 1
142. Malta (probably)
143. Mariner moon
144. Menapier
145. Merel (part of)(possibly)
146. Mersey
147. Monarch
148. Mrav
149. Mudlark
150. Munificent
151. Murillo
152. Nancy moran
153. Newcastle
154. Newlands
155. Niki
156. Norman
157. Norman
158. North eastern victory
159. Notre dame des trois epis
160. Nunima
161. Opal
162. Ousel (probably)
163. Pallieter
164. Paros isle
165. Polgrange
166. Ponzano
167. Portslade (possibly)
168. Preussen
169. Pulborough
170. Quentovic
171. Rio parana
172. River levan
173. Rubislaw
174. Rydal force
175. Rynanna
176. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
177. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
178. Sabac
179. Saidieh
180. Saint michael veillez sur nous
181. Saint ronan (possibly)
182. Saint ronan (possibly)
183. Sambut
184. Santagata
185. Santagata (?part of)
186. Sea serpent
187. Selma (possibly)
188. Shenandoah
189. Sir russell
190. Slesvig
191. Smarapaan
192. Sperrbrecher 171 (possibly)
193. St cecilia
194. Strathclyde
195. Surrey
196. Teeswood
197. Texaco caribbean (after section)
198. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
199. The queen
200. Tina primo
201. Tongue sand tower (remains)
202. Toward
203. Traquair (probably)
204. Treport
205. U 11 (possibly)
206. U 16 (possibly)
207. U 48
208. U 8
209. Uama
210. Ub 108 (possibly)
211. Ub 109
212. Ub 31 ?
213. Ub 38
214. Ub 55 (probably)
215. Ub 56 (possibly)
216. Ub 58 (possibly)
217. Ub 78
218. Ub-33 (probably)
219. Uc 21 (possibly)
220. Uc 26
221. Uc 46
222. Uc 46 (possibly)
223. Uc 77 (possibly)
224. Uc 78 or uc 79
225. Unity
226. Virginie
227. W a scholten
228. Westerley star
229. Wheatman (possibly)
230. Will and maggie (probably)
231. Woodtown (possibly)

 

Name: FLANDRES

Length 128.6 meter, width: 17.1 meter, draught: 8.8, tonnage 5827 ton

Cause: Sank following a collision with belgium ss 'kablo'.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 16 meter, Height above seabed: 10 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 20190503

Details measurements/cartography: H647/40 19.2.40 PFNM 435/14 & PNM 434/40 ISSUED. H647/40 19.2.40 INS DW MARKED BY BUOY & LT BUOY. BR STD. H647/40 3.10.40 DELETE LT BUOY.

- NM 2467/40 & FNM 2468/40. 3.10.40 INS G SPHERICAL BUOY 1.6 CABLES N OF WK.

- NM 2530/40 & FNM 2548/40. H647/40 4.11.47 DRIFT SWEEP 6.10.47 IN 511250N, 012724E USING HSA. CLEAR AT 45FT, FOUL AT 46FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 46FT. (SML 585, 8.10.47 & CSTH HARWICH). AMEND TO SW 7FMS 3FT & DELETE BUOY.

- NM 2906/47. H647/40 30.6.59 LUCAS WIRE DRIFT SWEEP 9.7.59 IN 511251N, 012721E USING HSA. CLEAR AT 43FT, FOUL AT 44FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 44FT IN GEN DEPTH 51FT. SCOUR DEPTH 53FT. SEABED COARSE SAND. THIS WK HAS 2FT LESS WATER OVER IT BUT THE E/S DEPTH AGREES WITH THE CLEARANCE DEPTH. (ECES, SWEEP REPORT, 1959). AMEND TO SW 7FMS 1FT. NC 1895 & LC 1828. 4.3.69 NOW CHARTED AS SW 6FMS 5FT. NE 1828. 15.6.72 NOW CHARTED AS SW 13.1MTRS. NC 1828. H4453/72 18.4.79 EXAM'D 13.3.78 IN 511251N, 012721E USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 13.1 IN GEN DEPTH 15MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT NOT OBTAINED. APPEARS BROKEN UP AND SCATTERED OVER WIDE AREA, BUT GOOD SONAR CONTACT FROM ALL DIRNS. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 53/77). RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. H1310/84/23 12.9.84 WELL BROKEN UP. DIVERS SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS - LIGHTWEIGHT FISHING NETS AROUND STERN. (EAST KENT MARITIME TRUST). HH090/647/01 1.2.96 EXAM'D 12.9.95 IN 511251.3N, 012721.7E [OGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 13.4 IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1.5MTRS. NO DCS3 HT. LENGTH 180MTRS, WIDTH 45MTRS. LIES N/S. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. BROKEN UP WITH NO SIGNIFICANT SONAR HEIGHT. NOT POSSIBLE TO SWEEP AS FISHING FLOATS ARE ATTACHED TO THE WK. (NP 1016, HI 647). NCA. SEP 2019/000022679 26.6.19 EXAM'D 3.5.19; IN 5112.884N, 0127.246E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.83MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS, LENGTH 175MTRS, WIDTH 45MTRS, HT 2.5MTRS (FROM SHALLOWEST FEATURE), ORIENTATION 010 DEGS. DEBRIS FIELD; WK BROKEN UP, SPREAD OVER WIDE AREA, LENGTH 175MTRS, TOWARDS 010DEGS.(CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI1585). AMEND DW 12.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN UP

Position: 51 12.884 N,1 27.246 E

 

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