This is the information page about the shipwreck Koningen emma (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 53.68 N,1 31.744 E (51.7619167, 1.5857333)
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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: KONINGEN EMMA (POSSIBLY)
Length 143.3 meter, width: 17.4 meter, draught: 10.7, tonnage 9181 ton
Cause: Mined. (ww1sl).
Year of registration: 1982
Water depth above wreck: 10 meter, Height above seabed: 55 cm
Known since: 1982, last detected: 1987
Details measurements/cartography: H1955/80 25.3.82 H1955/80 25.3.82 AREA OF WRECKAGE OR OBSTRUCTIONS EXAM'D 19.11.81 IN 515338N, 013150E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 6.0MTRS, FOUL AT 6.4. FOULS OCCURRED IN VARIOUS POSITIONS AND COULD POSSIBLY BE WEED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 8 IN GEN DEPTH 10 TO 13MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 2MTRS. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 25).
- NM 870/82. H2913/83 18.10.84 H2913/83 18.10.84 EXAM'D CLOSELY 13.6.84. DISTINCTIVE AREA OF WEED-COVERED SEABED DETECTED 1 CABLE N OF THIS POSITION. DELETE. (HMS ECHO, HI 192). AMENDED TO DEAD. DELETE. BR STD. H4024/86 18.2.88 H4024/86 18.2.88 EXAM'D 22.8.87 IN 515339N, 013151E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 7.4, FOUL AT 7.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 8.3 IN GEN DEPTHS 9-10MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2.3MTRS. DCS3 HT 1MTR, LENGTH 150MTRS, WIDTH 35MTRS. SHADOW HEIGHT WERE OBTAINED FROM FRAGMENTS OF THE WRECKAGE WHICH LIES 055/235 DEG. MAGNETIC ANOMALY INDICATES IRON CONTENT OF SOME 3000 TO 4500 TONNES. THIS WK IS MORE LIKELY TO BE THE KONINGEN EMMA THAN WK [14595]. (NP 1016, HI 373).
- NM ACTION. 30.3.06 30.3.06 EUT POSN: 5153.680N, 0131.744E. NC 2692.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: AREA OF WRECKAGE
Position: 51 53.68 N,1 31.744 E