This is the information page about the shipwreck Hmmms 248, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 24.253 N,3 25.631 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: HMMMS 248
Length 36.3 meter, width: 7 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 165 ton
Cause: Mined. (ww2sl).
Year of registration: 1945
Water depth above wreck: 13 meter
Known since: 1945, last detected: 2022
Details measurements/cartography: H0619/45 6.4.45 DW IN 512409N, 032540E, MARKED BY G CONL BUOY. (ADMIRALTY)
- NM 966/45. H5371/46 21.11.46 POSN NOW 512416N, 032544E. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (NETHERLANDS NM 82/632/46)
- NM 3231/46. H5371/46 30.8.48 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK, 8MTRS. (NETHERLANDS NM 208/2855/48).
- NM 1939/48. H3697/52 23.6.52 SWEEPING TAKING PLACE. (NETHERLANDS TNM 141/1946). 14.5.54 NOW CHARTED AS SWEPT 5FMS 3FT [10.2MTRS]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 325. H3697/52 31.1.68 SWEPT CLEAR AT 9.9MTRS. (HAGUE NM 3082/67). 4.2.91 MMS 248, SWEPT CLEAR AT 10.2MTRS, IN 512416N, 032544E [EUR]. (NETHERLANDS WK NO.S11-1415) 12.5.04 SHOWN AS DANGER CIRCLE WITH SWEPT BAR, NO DEPTH SPECIFIED, IN 5124.250N, 0325.620E [WGD], IN CONJUNCTION WITH WK SW 11.5MTRS CLOSE SE, WITH BUOY, ON BELGIAN 101 [INT 1474] [SEP'03 EDN, ADOPTION]. NE 1874. 23.4.08 BUOY AND WRECK NOT SHOWN ON BA 1874 [EDN 7 DTD 31.5.07], MODIFIED REPRO OF BELGIAN INT 1474 [JUNE 2006 EDN]. COVERED BY [27434]. BR STD. 24.5.11 SHOWN AS SW 12.5MTRS [LAT] IN 5124.253N, 0325.631E [WGD] ON NL40016 [EDN 14.14].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 24.253 N,3 25.631 E