This is the information page about the shipwreck Leeuwarden (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 2.333 N,3 47.754 E (52.0252833, 4.0856167)
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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: LEEUWARDEN (POSSIBLY)
Year of registration: 1915
Water depth above wreck: 18 meter
Known since: 1915, last detected: 2022
Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 4M W BY N HALF N FROM "MAAS" LTV. (WW1 BR MSL) GIVES POSN 520230N, 034715E. SUNK BY SUBMARINE 4N SE OF MAAS LTV. (LL WW1) H6798/58 31.8.65 NDW IN 520228N, 034749E. (HAGUE NM 2510/65). 12.5.67 SHOWN AS WK 22MTRS ON NETHERLANDS 1449. NE 122. H6798/58 24.3.70 NOW WK 20.2MTRS. (HAGUE NM 604/70). 27.10.71 NOW WK 20.9MTRS. (NETHERLANDS WK RECORDS).
- NM 841/70. H3199/74 12.4.76 SHOWN AS WK 20.9MTRS ON NETHERLANDS 1449. NE 122. HH160/351/02 9.5.91 TO BE EXPUNGED. (NETHERLANDS NM 235/91).
- NM 1537/91. HH340/530/02 14.2.95 WK 22MTRS IN 520224N, 034750E [EUR]. (NETHERLANDS NM 91/95).
- NM 815/95. 23.6.00 WK 23.5MTRS SHOWN IN 5202.35N, 0347.753W [WGD] ON NETHERLANDS 122. NC 122. HH340/530/05 2.8.00 NOW WK 23.8MTRS IN 5202.40N, 0347.85E [EUR]. (NETHERLANDS NM 31/370/00).
- NM 3721/00. 31.8.00 SHOWN AS WK 23.8MTRS IN 5202.350N, 0347.770E [WGD] ON NETHERLANDS 122 [INT 1472] [1ST EDN AUG'00, CO-PRODUCTION]. NC 122. 25.7.02 SHOWN AS WK 23.5MTRS ON NETHERLANDS 2322 [INT 1415] [2ND EDN MAR'02, CO-PRODUCTION, 2ND SCALE]. NE 2322. HH340/530/08 24.12.04 NOW WK 21.5MTRS IN 5202.34N, 0347.76E [WGD]. (NETHERLANDS NM 51/600/04).
- NM 704/05. 9.8.06 SHOWN AS WK 23.5MTRS ON NETHERLANDS 122 [SEP'06 EDN, CO-PRODUCTION]. NE 122. SEP 2012/000216582 26.10.12 NOW WK 21.5MTRS. (NETH NM 43/481/12).
- NM 5163/12.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 52 2.333 N,3 47.754 E