This is the information page about the shipwreck Koningin wilhelmina (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 4.814 N,2 40.347 E (52.1134167, 2.8418)

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.

Name: KONINGIN WILHELMINA (POSSIBLY)

Length 97.5 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1964 ton

Cause: Built 1895 by fairfield shipbuilding & engineering co ltd, govan. owned at time of loss by stoomv. maats. zeeland. triple expansion engine of 1330 nhp for 20 knots, paddle propulsion. passage flushing for tilbury. struck a mine, broke in two and sank. 3 lives lost. (ww1sl, dods, & diver magazine).

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 41 meter, Height above seabed: 25 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: H6411/21 H6411/21 INS ON 1408,1406. H4282/26 14.10.26 H4282/26 14.10.26 AMEND TO DW (1916). BR STD. H336/31 20.1.31 H336/31 20.1.31 AMEND TO DW (PA). BR STD. H2808/58 9.5.58 H2808/58 9.5.58 AMEND TO WK 16FMS. NE 1610. H2808/58 31.3.59 H2808/58 31.3.59 SWEPT BY OROPESA. CLEAR AT 54FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 95 IN GEN DEPTH 120-140FT. DEPTH OF SCOUR 10FT. (HMS SHACKLETON, 12.3.58). H2808/58 24.3.61 H2808/58 24.3.61 AMEND TO NDW. (HMS SCOTT, 1961). BR STD. H2808/58 25.7.61 H2808/58 25.7.61 OROPESA SWEEP. CLEAR AT 71FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 124 IN GEN DEPTH 152FT. (HMS SCOTT, 21.6.61). H4932/61 7.5.64 H4932/61 7.5.64 SHOWN AS WK 20FMS ON SURVEY [K 3035]. NC 3371. H8169/68 14.1.69 H8169/68 14.1.69 LOCATED BY SONAR. NOT INVESTIGATED AS OUTSIDE AREA. (HMS BULLDOG, 26.11.68). 23.11.72 23.11.72 SHOWN IN 520454N, 024036E [EUR] ON NETHERLANDS FISHERIES 1954 [NOV '72 EDN]. 2.2.82 2.2.82 SHOWN AS WK 33MTRS IN 520447N, 024029E.(HMS BULLDOG HI 8/81).

- NM BLOCK 247/82. H1939/80 5.5.82 H1939/80 5.5.82 EXAM'D 1.7.81 IN 520447N, 024029E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33.7 IN GEN DEPTH 43.6MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 8.4MTRS. LYING 026/206DEGS WITH BOWS SW. IN TWO SECTIONS. NO SONAR LENGTH OBTAINED. BEAM 15.5MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG HI 8). NFA. 18.4.83 18.4.83 NOT SHOWN ON NETHERLANDS 1349 [1983 EDN]. NCA. H3498/88 30.9.88 H3498/88 30.9.88 NOW WK 33MTRS IN 520451N, 024026E [EUR]. (NETHERLANDS NM 456/88). NCA. HH340/530/02 24.3.95 HH340/530/02 24.3.95 LEAST DEPTH NOW 35.1MTRS. (NETHERLANDS HYDRO OFFICE FAX DTD 2.3.95). BR STD. 15.5.08 15.5.08 SHOWN AS WK 35MTRS IN 5204.814N, 0240.370E [WGD] ON NETHERLANDS 1630 [INT 1416] [3RD EDN CO-PRODUCTION] NE 1630. 13.7.10 13.7.10 WK STANDS 7MTRS, MOST OF SUPERSTUCTURE GONE, BUT BOTH PADDLES STILL IN PLACE. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE & BOILERS EXPOSED. STERN SECTION INTACT, BOW SECTION TWISTED AND ALMOST INVERTED, TWO-THIRDS BURIED IN SAND. (DIVER MAGAZINE AUG '10). 16.7.13 16.7.13 EXAM'D 26.4.13 IN 5204.814N, 0240.347E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 33.57 IN GEN DEPTH 41MTRS. SCOUR 2.5MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 12MTRS S. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 19MTRS, HT 7.4MTRS. LIES 025/205 DEGS. APPEARS TO BE LISTING SLIGHTLY TO PORT WITH BOWS SSW. STERN HAS BROKEN OFF, EXPOSING TWO OF THE BOILERS. DEBRIS WHICH LIES 15MTRS NW MAY INCLUDE A THIRD BOILER AND PERHAPS PART OF THE STERN. (NETSURVEY, HI 1417). AMEND WK 33MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: STERN INTACT, BOW ?BURIED, BOWS NE, IN SANDWAVES

Position: 52 4.814 N,2 40.347 E

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