This is the information page about the shipwreck Jonrix, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 14.254 N,2 7.26 E (51.2505333, 1.9181167)

 

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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: JONRIX

Length 61.6 meter, width: 8.8 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 647 ton
Load: clay products

Cause: Built in schps 'gideon' v/h j loster, hzo, groningen. owned at time of loss by rix shipping co. passage plymouth for antwerp. cargo shifted in very heavy weather, capsized and sank. crew of 8, two chilren and their mother recovered by w german mv nautica. (msd).

Year of registration: 1973

Water depth above wreck: 30 meter, Height above seabed: 67 cm

Known since: 1973, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: CAPSIZED OFF OUTER RUYTINGEN BUOY IN 511348N, 020648E. WK IN POSN 511424N, 020700E. (LL). 2.5.73 POSN 511424N, 020700E [EUR] USING DECCA. EXAM'D WITH ARL SCANNER. DEPTH 19MTRS AT HW. LYING WSW/ENE, BOW W. UPRIGHT ON SEABED. (RV CLIONE, TELECON). NAVEAMS 143 & 148/73 ISSUED. H4453/72 5.6.73 DW IN 511404N, 020712E [OGB]. G CONL LTBY, TRIANGULAR TOPMARKS - APEX TO APEX, QK FL G, CLOSE WEST. (BREST NM 73 19 12).

- NM 1178/73. H4453/72 18.6.74 ADD RAREFL. (BREST NM 74 19 07). BR STD. 16.1.75 LT BUOY UNLIT. (NAVEAM 436/74). 6.3.79 POSN AMENDED TO 511409N, 020710E. 6.3.79 SHOWN AS WK 16MTRS ON FR 6735D. BR STD. H2820/71 9.11.81 BUOY SHOWN IN POSN 511432N, 020712E [EUR] ON DUTCH SURVEY, MAR/APR 1981-K8495/20. NO INDICATION OF WK. PRESUMABLY BUOY TEMPORARILY OFF-STATION. NCA. H2097/80 22.12.83 BUOY REPLACED BY ISOLATED DANGER BUOY, FL(2), 'JONRIX'. (BREST NM 83 48 30).

- NM 140/84. H2097/80 28.7.86 LEAST DEPTH NOW 25MTRS. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (BREST NM 86 22 17).

- NM 2371/86. H3159/86 23.9.86 SHOWN AS WK 25MTRS, LYING APPROX E/W, IN 511416N, 020716E [EUR] ON FRENCH SURVEY, 1985 - K 9845/1. BR STD. H2548/87 1.12.87 BUOY PERMANENTLY WITHDRAWN. (DOVER MRSC TELEX 17.11.87). NFA. 25.5.11 SHOWN AS WK 25MTRS [LAT] IN 5114.254N, 0207.260E [WGD] ON FR401040 [EDN 1.44], SHOWN AS WK 25.5MTRS ON BA 1873 [EDN 4 DTD 19.5.11].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOW WSW

Position: 51 14.254 N,2 7.26 E

 

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