This is the information page about the shipwreck M 414, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 9.871 N,4 39.344 E (53.0440833, 4.65455)

 

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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.

 

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Name: M 414

Length 62.2 meter, width: 8.5 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 775 ton

Cause: Torpedoed and sunk by raf coastal command aircraft (north coates wing) off texel. (warship losses, ww2).

Year of registration: 1972

Water depth above wreck: 20 meter

Known since: 1972, last detected: 2022

Details measurements/cartography: 3.8.72 SMALL WK FOUND IN 530957N, 043918E BY NETH SURVEY VESSEL 'HERMOLIJN' DURING 1971. ABOUT 1MTR HIGH, DEPTH 20.5MTRS. (NETH WK RECORDS). H2671/63 15.12.72 LEAST DEPTH NOW 16.9MTRS (9FMS 1FT) IN 530957N, 043918E. (HAGUE NM 3613/72).

- NM 45/73. 7.8.89 CONFIRMATION OF ABOVE. (NETH WK NO L17 947). NCA. HH160/351/01 2.7.90 POSN NOW 530954N, 043924E [EUR]. (NETH NM 331/90). BR STD. HH100/351/03 7.12.90 M.414 SHOWN IN POSN 335 DEG, 12.6M FROM DEN HELDER ON WW2 GERMAN GEHEIM WRACK KARTE. (D A FEARY, 27.11.90). NCA. HH160/351/02 25.7.91 LEAST E/S DEPTH NOW 18.9MTRS (10FMS 2FT). (NETH NM 396/91).

- NM 2305/91. HH340/630/02 14.7.94 NOW WK 18.3MTRS. (NETH NM 372/94).

- NM 2584/94. 27.4.10 SHOWN AS WK 18MTRS IN 5309.867N, 0439.342E [WGD] ON BA 126 [EDN 1 DTD 2.8.07, CO-PRODUCTION].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 9.871 N,4 39.344 E

 

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