This is the information page about the shipwreck Lodewijk van nassau (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 51.248 N,1 56.838 E (52.150016666667, 1.8159666666667)

 

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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.

 

1. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Alabama (possibly)
3. Ambient (probably)
4. Angelus
5. Batavier 5
6. Blackhill
7. British fortune (probably)
8. Brixton
9. Carica milica
10. Cedarwood (possibly)
11. Cerne
12. Churston
13. Coalgas
14. Cormorant
15. Coureur des mers
16. Cressdene (possibly)
17. Dagmar (probably)
18. Disa (possibly)
19. Dolfijn (probably)
20. Duke of york (bows)
21. Dulwich
22. Ellewoutsdijk
23. Estrella (possibly)
24. F stobart (probably)
25. Forth
26. Franz fischer (possibly)
27. Friargate (possibly)
28. Friargate (possibly)
29. Gannet (possibly)
30. Gerhard
31. Golconda (possibly)
32. Grantleyhall (possibly)
33. Grenadier (probably)
34. Hardingham (probably)
35. Harriet
36. Hebe
37. Hendon hall
38. Highwave (probably)
39. Hillglen
40. Hms adonis (possibly)
41. Hms donna nook
42. Hms eros (possibly)
43. Hms forward iii
44. Hms franc tireur
45. Hms hastfen
46. Hms hirose (probably)
47. Hms holdene
48. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
49. Hms monarch
50. Hms moravia (possibly)
51. Hms new comet (possibly)
52. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
53. Hms river clyde (possibly)
54. Hms river clyde (possibly)
55. Hms sisters melville
56. Hms tervani
57. Hms waveflower
58. Ingi
59. Ionian (possibly)
60. J c dalble
61. Jamesina
62. Janny
63. Khartoum (possibly)
64. Knarsdale
65. Kwasind
66. La flandre (possibly)
67. Lincairn (possibly)
68. Lisette
69. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
70. Lonhelen (possibly)
71. Lord bute
72. Mecklenburg
73. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
74. Moidart
75. Nautilus
76. Nico
77. Old charlton
78. Ostprussen (possibly)
79. Palembang (probably)
80. Paullette
81. Peik
82. Pescado
83. Peter hamre
84. Petshenga (possibly)
85. Phryne
86. Plawsworth (possibly)
87. Polgarth
88. Port dalhousie (possibly)
89. Ravenscraig (possibly)
90. Rhenas (possibly)
91. Rigel
92. Salerno (possibly)
93. Shardana
94. Tergestea
95. Thornaby (possibly)
96. Thyra
97. Torchbearer
98. Uc 11 (possibly)
99. Vae victis
100. Victorious
101. Volscian (possibly)
102. Warrenpoint
103. Willy
104. Wychwood (possibly)
105. Yarmouth
106. Yewkyle (possibly)

 

Name: LODEWIJK VAN NASSAU (PROBABLY)

Length 104.2 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 3350 ton
Load: minerals

Cause: built in 1913 by wk hamilton & co, port glasgow. owned at time of loss by koninkl west-in-dische, maild'nst. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 494hnp, single shaft. passage caleta buena, chile, for rotterdam. struck mine laid by ub-1. (dods). boat was uc 1. (r verpoorte).

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 27 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 20160223

Details measurements/cartography: H3057/16 WK (OLD SYMBOL) PA, MASTS (DRIES 7FT). (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). - FNM 264/16. 18.7.23 NOW CHARTED AS DW PA. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 1610. H3785/54 22.8.55 NOW STATED TO BE NDW. (STEEPHOLME). LC 1610. H3785/54 26.11.56 OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 9FMS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 74 IN GEN DEPTH 90FT. SCOUR DEPTH 6FT. GOOD SONAR CONTACT. WK APPEARS TO BE IN SEVERAL PIECES. POSN 515114N, 015655E. (HMS OWEN, 19.4.56). CHART AS WK 12FMS.

- NM 1606/56. H4988/71 29.11.71 EXAM'D IN 515112N, 015654E [EUR] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.2 IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 28.5MTRS. GOOD ALL ROUND SONAR CONTACT. APPEARS TO LIE IN SEVERAL PIECES COVERING AREA ABOUT 0.5C SQUARE. (HMS FOX). BR STD. HH100/351/01 3.7.90 LODEWIJK VAN NASSAU SANK IN 515100N, 015600E APPROX. (R VERPOORTE, 9.5.89). HH090/667/01 21.12.95 NOT LOCATED BY DCS3 OR MAGNETOMETER. (OCEONICS, HI 667). SOUNDING OF 24.2MTRS SHOWN ON M2557/5 100MTRS NW OF LISTED POSN. COULD BE BURIED WK. AMENDED TO DEAD. BR STD. HH100/351/22 21.2.05 LARGE MAGENTIC ANOMALY CONSISTENT WITH VESSEL OF 3350 TONS LOCATED IN LISTED POSN. WK ALSO OBSERVED ON COLOUR ECHO SOUNDER, STANDING 2-3MTRS ABOVE THE SEABED IN THIS POSN. NOT DIVED AS THE VISIBILITY WAS VERY POOR. (B HICKINBOTTOM, EMAIL DTD 19.2.05). SOUNDING 24MTRS SHOWN IN 5151.260N, 0156.830E [WGD] ON BA 2052 [EDN 14 DTD 29.7.04]. AMEND WK 24MTRS IN THIS POSN. BR STD. SEP 2015/000083463 15.7.16 EXAM'D 23.2.16 IN 5151.248N, 0156.838E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 23.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. LENGTH 101.8MTRS, WIDTH 26MTRS, HT 3.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 090/270. SCOUR LENGTH 101.8MTRS, 1.0MTR DEEP, TOWARDS 230DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WK IS ALMOST ENTRIRELY BROKEN UP, PARTIALLY BURIED IN AREA OF SAND WAVES. (MMT, HI 1474). AMEND TO DW 23MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: HT 2-3MTRS BY BOAT'S E/S

Position: 51 51.248 N,1 56.838 E

 

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