This is the information page about the shipwreck G 88, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 23.567 N,3 13.205 E (51.6047167, 3.38255)
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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: G 88
Length 82.9 meter, width: 8.2 meter, tonnage 1147 ton
Cause: Built 1916. torpedoed by british coastal motor boat. (warships of ww1).
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 7 meter
Known since: 1918, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: H219/19 4.1.19 WK (OLD SYMBOL)(PA)(1918) IN POSN 009DEG, 2.6M FROM ZEEBRUGGE PIER HD, MARKED BY G CONL BUOY. (GERMAN WAR NOTICE, 24.4.18).
- NM 193/19. 1.1.23 AMENDED TO DW PA (1918). (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. H808/24 31.1.24 NOW MARKED BY G CAN BUOY. (HAGUE NM 21/223/36/370) H387/25 15.1.25 AMENDED TO DW, IN 512338N, 031310E. (BELGIAN HYDRO).
- NM 988/25. H1427/28 5.3.28 SHOWN AS WK [5.3MTRS] 17FT, BUOY REMOVED ON SURVEY [E1133/3]. BR STD. H9071/31 23.12.31 NOW MARKED BY G CAN BUOY CLOSE SE. (ADMIRALTY).
- NM 54/32. H1883/45 18.4.45 BUOY REMOVED. (ADMIRALTY).
- NM 1097/45 17.10.56 AMENDED TO WK SW 5.4MTRS [2FMS 5FT] IN 512336N, 031316E. (HAGUE NM 173/2392/56). BR STD. H2731/85 10.3.87 AMENDED TO WK SW 6.2MTRS [3FMS 2FT] IN 512337N, 031317E. (OSTEND NM 143/86). BR STD. 6.5.91 UNKNOWN WK, SWEPT CLEAR AT 5.4MTRS IN 512336N, 031316E [EUR]. (NETH WK RECORDS SEP'90 EDN, NO.S10 1405). NCA. 31.5.07 SHOWN AS WK SW 6.2MTRS IN 5123.567N, 0313.205E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 101 [INT 1474] [JUN 2006 EDN LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 1874.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 23.567 N,3 13.205 E