This is the information page about the shipwreck Heimdal, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 29.135 N,5 7.75 E (53.33925, 5.1656)

 

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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. Alexandra (possibly)
2. Algeria (possibly)
3. Amerika (possibly)
4. Ansi
5. Aqueity (possibly)
6. Arad
7. Blue stone
8. Brittannia
9. Brunsbuttelkoog (possibly)
10. Carona
11. Cygnet (possibly)
12. Drawa
13. Ecuador
14. Edmi (possibly)
15. Edorado
16. Elsie
17. Euroland
18. Garnes
19. Hansa
20. Heimdal
21. Heinrich onnen
22. Heinz otto
23. Hermann helene
24. Herta
25. Hms lutine
26. Hmsm e3
27. Holland 8
28. Ilona
29. Iraja
30. Johanna
31. Katowice
32. Kutahya
33. Leda
34. Lowe
35. Margariti
36. Max gundelach
37. Mercuur
38. Minister achenbach
39. Mula
40. Navigatie
41. Oakford
42. Oka 18
43. Otto
44. Pannenwrak
45. Peto
46. Sizilien (probably)
47. Sonnin
48. Stanley
49. Steinbutt
50. Stolzenfels
51. Surrey (probably)
52. Thasos
53. Ub 61
54. Vittorio z
55. Walsum 10
56. West aleta
57. West arvada (probably)
58. West falia
59. Westland
60. Wieringen 93
61. Wilfried
62. Willy janine
63. Wolfram (possibly)
64. Won 2

 

Name: HEIMDAL

Length 86.3 meter, width: 12.5 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 2186 ton

Cause: Built 1922 by a/s aalborg maskin-og skibs, with triple expansion engines of 155nhp. owned at time of loss by seereederei frigga a.g. mined off terschelling. (dods)

Year of registration: 1942

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter

Known since: 1942, last detected: 2022

Details measurements/cartography: H03481/41 20.1.42 SANK IN 532912N, 050800E. LEAST DEPTH ABOUT 5MTRS. MARKED BY G LT BUOY. (BERLIN NM 401 & 461/40) - FNM 161/42. H2671/63 18.7.67 LEAST DEPTH NOW 21MTRS IN 532913N, 050747E. (HAGUE NM 1728/67) WK STANDS APPROX 2MTRS ABOVE SEABED. FIXED USING DECCA. (NETHERLANDS WK RECORDS)

- NM 1351/67. H4753/82 12.11.84 WK, SWEPT CLEAR AT 16.4MTRS. (NETHERLANDS NM 646/84)

- NM 3151/84. 13.1.88 UNNAMED, WK SW 16.4MTRS IN 532909.4N, 050748.9E. (NETHERLANDS WK NO.M10 1056). HH340/351/01 13.6.89 POSN NOW 532906N, 050748E [EUR]. (NETHERLANDS NM 359/89) NC 1405. HH340/630/01 21.10.93 LEAST E/S DEPTH NOW 20.2MTRS IN 532910.5N, 050750E. UTM CO-ORDS GIVEN. LENGTH 100MTRS. STANDS ABOUT 3.2MTRS ABOVE SEABED. (NETHERLANDS NM 567/93 & NETHERLANDS WK NO.M10 1056)

- NM 3826/93. 23.9.00 SHOWN AS WK SW 20.2MTRS IN 5329.135N, 0507.753E [WGD] ON NETHERLANDS 2593 [NOV '00 EDN, CO-PRODUCTION]. NC 2593. SEP 2007/000006509 19.3.07 SHOWN AS WK SW 19.9MTRS IN 5329.128N, 0507.753E [WGD] ON NETHERLANDS 1456 [DEC '06 EDN]. BR STD. SEP 2007/000023722 29.3.07 NOW WK 18.8MTRS [MLLWS], 18.5MTRS [LAT]. (NETHERLANDS NM 193/07).

- NM 2056/07. 12.5.08 SHOWN AS WK 18.5MTRS [LAT] IN 5329.129N, 0507.746E [WGD] ON BA 112 [6TH EDN FEB'08]. DELETE SW SYMBOL. BR STD. 20.4.09 UNKNOWN, WK 18.5MTRS [LAT] IN 5329.1N, 0507.7E [WGD]. (NETHERLANDS WK RECORDS, 2009, NO. M10 1056). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 29.135 N,5 7.75 E

 

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