This is the information page about the shipwreck Helene, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 35.08 N,6 18.056 E (53.560666666667, 6.5186833333333)

 

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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: HELENE

Length 88.4 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2160 ton

Cause: built 1898 by j bumer & co. with triple expansion engines of 227nhp. owned at time of loss by h.w. christophersen struck a mine & sank off hubertgat. (dods)

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 12 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: H03480/41 16.1.42 DW PA IN 533512N, 061754E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). - FNM 130/42. H0316/44 23.8.44 SHOWN AS WK 4.25FMS ON GERMAN CHART. - FNM 1748/44. H5865/47 9.9.47 TO BE EXPUNGED. (NETHERLANDS NM 199/2968/47)

- NM 2366/47. H2930/48 21.6.48 WK 6.5MTRS [3FMS 3FT] IN 533508N, 061758E, MARKED BY G CONL BUOY CLOSE SE. (NETHERLANDS NM 128/1767/48)

- NM 1369/48. H6312/51 19.5.52 SHOWN AS WK 7MTRS [3FMS 5FT], MARKED BY BUOY ON ABOVE ON GERMAN 90 [CORRECT TO 20/1/52]. NC 3509. H2930/48 28.1.55 NOW SWEPT CLEAR AT 8.5MTRS [4FMS 4FT]. (HAMBURG NMS 3809 & 3884/54)

- NM 150/55. H2930/48 23.9.58 NOW SWEPT CLEAR AT 8MTRS [4FMS 2FT], MARKED BY G CAN BUOY CYLINDER TOPMARK. (HAMBURG NMS 33/3053, 3054 & 3055/58) R/S. H4348/50 23.9.60 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 8MTRS. (HAMBURG NM 3039/60)

- NM 2406/60. H5118/61 30.11.61 LEAST DEPTH NOW 7MTRS [3FMS 5FT]. (HAMBURG NM 4263/61 & HAGUE NM 3724/61)

- NM 2456/61. H4745/62 30.11.62 SHOWN AS WK SW 7.5MTRS [4FMS] ON GERMAN 90. R/S. H4073/60 5.12.63 BUOY NOW G SPAR WITH CYLINDER TOPMARK. (HAMBURG NM 3129/63) BR STD. H86/67 19.10.67 SALVAGE OPS IN PROGRESS. (HAMBURG NM 3784(T)/67) H3287/64 31.1.68 SWEPT CLEAR AT 13.5MTRS [7FMS 2FT]. BUOY REMOVED. (HAMBURG NM 5054/67)

- NM 255/68. 26.11.70 SHOWN AS WK SW 13.1MTRS ON NETHERLANDS 1352 [1970 EDN]. 19.2.71 SHOWN AS WK SW 13.4MTRS ON GERMAN 90. 6.3.72 SHOWN AS GOOD SONAR CONTACT ON GERMAN WK CHART 87 [1971 EDN]. H3287/64 15.8.72 POSN NOW FOUL. (HAMBURG NM 2825/72 & HAGUE NM 2260/72) NE 3761. 22.3.73 STATED AS SWEPT TO 7FMS 2FT IN 1968. STATED AS WK COVERED BY SAND & FOUL BY EMDEN HBR AUTHORITY. (NETHERLANDS WK RECORDS) 18.10.76 SHOWN AS FOUL ON GERMAN 87 [1974 EDN]. 11.8.82 SHOWN AS FOUL IN 533507N, 061800E [EUR] ON GERMAN 90 [1981 EDN]. NC 3509. 11.5.83 STILL SHOWN AS WK SW 13.1MTRS IN 533504N, 061759E [EUR] ON NETHERLANDS 1458 [1983 EDN]. NCA. 29.9.87 SHOWN AS FOUL ON NETHERLANDS 1458 [1985 EDN] & GERMAN 90D [1986 EDN]. NC 3761. 9.6.92 FOUL IN 533507N, 061800E. (NETHERLANDS WK RECORDS, 1990 EDN, NO.N7 465) 23.9.00 SHOWN AS FSW 12.3MTRS IN 5335.077N, 0617.920E [WGD] ON NETHERLANDS 2593 [NOV '00 CO-PRODUCTION]. NC 2593. 28.12.01 SHOWN AS FOUL 12.2MTRS IN 5335.10N, 0618.05E [WGD] ON NETHERLANDS 1460 [JUN '01]. BR STD. 13.3.08 SHOWN AS FOUL 11.9MTRS [LAT] ON GERMAN 90 [INT 1461] [FEB '07 EDN, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 3631. 16.7.08 SHOWN AS F SW 12.3MTRS [MLLWS] ON GERMAN 87 [INT 1413] [APR '06 EDN CORRECT TO 1.5.07, 2ND SCALE ADOPTION]. NC 1635. 8.4.11 SHOWN AS FOUL 11.9MTRS [LAT] IN 5335.093N, 0618.081E [WGD] ON BA 3631 [EDN 6 DTD 5.11.09]. 17.4.15 SHOWN AS FOUL 11.9MTRS IN 5335.090N, 0618.060E [WGD] ON NL401460 [EDN 2.1].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 35.08 N,6 18.056 E

 

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