This is the information page about the shipwreck Geopotes viii, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 24.571 N,5 56.329 W (50.161333333333, -5.6753333333333)

 

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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.

 

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Name: GEOPOTES VIII

Length 101.8 meter, tonnage 5157 ton

Cause: built in 1963 by schps. l. smit & zoon, kinderdijk. owned at the time of loss by koninklijke maatschappij tot het uitvoren van openbare werken adriaan volker, n.v. passage rotterdam for milford haven. sank after engine room flooded. all crew recovered.

Year of registration: 1970

Water depth above wreck: 73 meter, Height above seabed: 34 cm

Known since: 1970, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H3160/69 26.2.70 H3160/69 26.2.70 WK IN 502700N, 055500W. (LL). INS AS NDWPA. BR STD. H7613/52 15.9.70 H7613/52 15.9.70 INS AS NDWPA. NC 1149. 12.11.75 12.11.75 AMEND TO USCPA 25FMS. NE 2649. H2613/78 10.3.78 H2613/78 10.3.78 LOCATED 27.7.77 IN 502432N, 055617W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 59.2MTRS IN GEN.DEPTH 75MTRS. DCS3 HT 16.5MTRS. LENGTH 101MTRS, LYING 030/210DEGS. APPARENTLY UPSIDE DOWN. (HMS FOX, HI 42A/77). AMEND TO WK 58MTRS IN REVISED POSN. NC 1178. 31.7.01 31.7.01 DIVED 29.7.01 IN 5024.548N, 0556.325W [WGD]. CONFIRMED AS BEING INVERED. STANDS 10MTRS HIGH. (G POUND). NCA. 7.1.14 7.1.14 EXAM'D 8.12.13 IN 5024.571N, 0556.329W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 61.3 IN GEN DEPTH 73MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 103MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS, HT 11.7MTRS. LIES 034/214 DEGS WITH BOWS NE. INTACT, INVERTED. (MMT, HI 1415). AMEND WK 61MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, INVERTED, BOWS NE

Position: 50 24.571 N,5 56.329 W

 

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