This is the information page about the shipwreck M 40, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 51.16 N,4 56.82 E (54.0242833, 4.7365667)

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: M 40

Length 58.5 meter, width: 7.3 meter, tonnage 480 ton

Cause: Mined. (warships of ww1)

Year of registration: 1921

Water depth above wreck: 36 meter

Known since: 1921, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: H3506/21 7.6.21 WK IN 535100N, 045700E. NOT A DANGER TO NAVIGATION, THERE BEING A DEPTH OF 12MTRS OR MORE OVER IT. (GERMAN WK LIST). CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL] (1918). BR STD. H256/27 27.1.27 NOW CHARTED AS NDW (1918) ON NE 2182A. HH160/351/01 12.7.89 NAMED, NDW IN 535112N, 045654E. (NETHERLANDS WK RECORDS, JAN'88 EDN, NO.L3 178). NC 1405. HH340/620/06 28.8.02 NOW FOUL IN 5351.160N, 0456.820E [WGD]. WRECK REMAINS. (NETH NM 33/411/02).

- NM 4451/02.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WK REMAINS

Position: 53 51.16 N,4 56.82 E

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