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 (52.1500167, 1.8159667)

 

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