This is the information page about the shipwreck Henrica thekla, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 47 43.952 N,6 6.104 W (47.849283333333, -5.9557833333333)
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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: HENRICA THEKLA
Length 60 meter, width: 9.1 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 500 ton
Cause: built in 1958 by n v bodewes schps, owned at time of loss by fa j seven. passage from plymouth to gaeta. sank after springing a leak. crew abandoned vessel & were rescued by m tanker 'stella antares'. (msd).
Year of registration: 1969
Water depth above wreck: 145 meter
Known since: 1969, last detected: 2019
Details measurements/cartography: SANK IN 474400N, 060600W. (LLOYDS LIST). 27.11.79 SHOWN AS NDW IN 474400N, 060600W [EUR] ON FRENCH 4735. 18.7.86 SHOWN AS WK USC PA 130MTRS IN 4743.995N, 0605.850W [EUR] ON FRENCH 6989 [1986 EDN]. LISTED AS NDW PA IN FRENCH WK RECORDS 1984. INS AS WK USC PA 130MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2007/000004861 2.3.07 WK USC PD 130MTRS SHOWN IN 4743.952N, 0606.104W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7066 [INT 1800] [3RD EDN 2006, 1:150,000, LARGEST SCALE]. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 47 43.952 N,6 6.104 W