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 (51.468866666667, 1.5197833333333)

 

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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. Brendonia
18. Ca 4
19. Camisard
20. Carmen
21. Cathay (part of)
22. Cedrington court
23. Christianssund
24. Colbert
25. Colbert (possibly)
26. Constanzia
27. Corhaven
28. Corheath
29. Correct
30. D'artagnan
31. Dalryan
32. Dartmore
33. Diana
34. Dinard
35. Dixie
36. Dolcoath (part)
37. Dolcoath (part)
38. Dorothy j (possibly)
39. Dortejensen
40. Dunbar castle
41. E goodwin ltv
42. Efford
43. Eidsiva (probably)
44. Eleonora
45. Embla (possibly)
46. Emile deschamps
47. Emma
48. Emma (possibly)
49. Empire lough (probably)
50. Empress of fort william (probably)
51. Empress of midland (possibly)
52. En avant
53. Falcon (probably)
54. Fearless
55. Filleigh
56. Flachsee
57. Flandres
58. Francesco ciampa
59. Fred everard
60. Frons olivae (probably)
61. G 85 (possibly)
62. G-42 (possibly)
63. Gad 23
64. Genimar
65. Girasol
66. Grazia (possibly)
67. Grosser kurfurst
68. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
69. Halcyon
70. Harcalo
71. Henry moon
72. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
73. Hmhs anglia
74. Hms alert ?
75. Hms aragonite (part of)
76. Hms aragonite (part of)
77. Hms aries (possibly)
78. Hms artic trapper
79. Hms blanche
80. Hms brazen
81. Hms carilon
82. Hms carlton
83. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
84. Hms chestnut (probably)
85. Hms city of dundee
86. Hms cleon
87. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
88. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
89. Hms fauvette
90. Hms flirt
91. Hms glen boyne
92. Hms gracie (probably)
93. Hms guardsman
94. Hms kingston galena
95. Hms lydian
96. Hms marcella
97. Hms mastiff (possibly)
98. Hms myrtle
99. Hms napia
100. Hms niger (possibly)
101. Hms northumberland (probably)
102. Hms othello ii
103. Hms peridot
104. Hms pyrope
105. Hms ray of hope
106. Hms restoration (possibly)
107. Hms rodino
108. Hms stella orion
109. Hms stirling castle (probably)
110. Hms tamarisk
111. Hms torbay ii (probably)
112. Hms tourmaline
113. Hms tranquil
114. Hms war sepoy
115. Hms weigelia
116. Hms wessex
117. Hmsm b2
118. Hundvaag
119. Ilaro
120. Ira (possibly)
121. Irene
122. Jacob luckenbach
123. James harrod
124. Josephine charlotte
125. Josephine willis
126. Kabinda
127. Kadru
128. Karmt
129. Katharina kolkmann
130. Kielce
131. Kirsten skou
132. Koenigshaven
133. L'armandeche
134. Lady stella
135. Latona
136. Laurl coin
137. Lbv (m)396
138. Lcp(r) 1961 (possibly)
139. Le pelerin de la mer
140. Leicester
141. Leila najia
142. Leo
143. Lighter 83
144. Lisbeth m
145. Loanda
146. Lolworth
147. Lord hamilton (possibly)
148. Luray victory
149. Lusitania
150. Mahratta
151. Mahratta ii
152. Maloja 1
153. Malta (probably)
154. Margate sand beacon
155. Mariner moon
156. Menapier
157. Merel (part of)(possibly)
158. Mersey
159. Monarch
160. Monica (possibly)
161. Mrav
162. Mudlark
163. Munificent
164. Murillo
165. Nancy moran
166. Newcastle
167. Newlands
168. Niki
169. Norman
170. Norman
171. North eastern victory
172. Notre dame des trois epis
173. Nunima
174. Ocean king (possibly)
175. Opal
176. Ousel (probably)
177. Pallieter
178. Paros isle
179. Polgrange
180. Ponzano
181. Portslade (possibly)
182. Preussen
183. Pulborough
184. Quentovic
185. Regin (possibly)
186. Rio parana
187. River levan
188. Rooswijk
189. Rubislaw
190. Rydal force
191. Rynanna
192. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
193. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
194. Sabac
195. Saidieh
196. Saint michael veillez sur nous
197. Saint ronan (possibly)
198. Saint ronan (possibly)
199. Sambut
200. Santagata
201. Santagata (?part of)
202. Sea serpent
203. Selma (possibly)
204. Shenandoah
205. Sir russell
206. Slesvig
207. Smarapaan
208. Spanish prince
209. Sperrbrecher 171 (possibly)
210. St cecilia
211. St claire (possibly)
212. Strathclyde
213. Surrey
214. Teeswood
215. Texaco caribbean (after section)
216. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
217. The queen
218. Tina primo
219. Tongue sand tower (remains)
220. Toromoree
221. Toward
222. Traquair (probably)
223. Treport
224. U 11 (possibly)
225. U 16 (possibly)
226. U 48
227. U 8
228. Uama
229. Ub 108 (possibly)
230. Ub 109
231. Ub 12 (possibly)
232. Ub 29 (possibly)
233. Ub 31 ?
234. Ub 38
235. Ub 55 (probably)
236. Ub 56 (possibly)
237. Ub 58 (possibly)
238. Ub 78
239. Ub-33 (probably)
240. Uc 21 (possibly)
241. Uc 26
242. Uc 46
243. Uc 46 (possibly)
244. Uc 77 (possibly)
245. Uc 78 or uc 79
246. Unity
247. Virginie
248. W a scholten
249. Warfleth
250. Westerley star
251. Wheatman (possibly)
252. Will and maggie (probably)
253. 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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