This is the information page about the shipwreck Medee, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 36.246 N,2 22.893 E (51.3988833, 2.4536167)

 

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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. Alfonso tercero
2. Amor
3. Andre
4. Birkenfels
5. Bowsprite (bow section)
6. Bramden (possibly)
7. Breda
8. Callisto
9. Castor (possibly)
10. Dawdon
11. Deo gratias
12. Fauvette
13. Fl5
14. Garden city
15. Hms blackburn rovers (possibly)
16. Hms westella
17. Jarita
18. John mahn
19. Jurgen
20. Katie h
21. Kilmore
22. Laura
23. Madimba (probably)
24. Marie
25. Mariner (possibly)
26. Medee
27. Melrose
28. Merlijn
29. Nautilus
30. Peppinella
31. Ptarmigan
32. Quo vadis
33. Rigel
34. S 168
35. Sigurds faulbaums
36. Texel
37. Tringa
38. Ub29
39. Uc 1
40. Uc 63
41. Vecht (probably)
42. West-hinder
43. Wielingen ii (possibly)
44. Wielingen ltv

 

Name: MEDEE

Length 86.9 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1882 ton

Cause: Sank following collision with british mv steyning in fog. passage dordrecht for caen.

Year of registration: 1955

Water depth above wreck: 32 meter, Height above seabed: 120 cm

Known since: 1955, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H4680/55 15.11.55 NDW PA IN 513630N, 022300E. (HAGUE NM 170/2350(P)). BR STD. H4680/55 21.10.63 NOW WK 22MTRS IN 513616N, 022310E [EUR]. (HAGUE NM 3036/63). AMEND WK 12FMS.

- NM 2168/63. H4403/65 29.3.66 LEAST E/S DEPTH 72FT IN UNEVEN BOTTOM 110-125FT. GOOD SONAR CONTACTS FROM SW & NNE. LYING APPROX 300/120DEG. ABOUT 400FT LONG. (HMS MYRMIDON, 1965). 16.3.72 SHOWN AS WK 22.8MTRS, LEAST DEPTH BY E/S IN 513621N, 022254E APPROX ON DUTCH (SNELLIUS) SURVEY - 1971. [K6289/5]. H4454/74 6.8.79 S CARD PILLAR LT BUOY, VQKFL(6)+LFL10S LAID IN 513606N, 022300E [EUR]. (NETHERLANDS NM 2376/79).

- NM 1947/79. 9.12.80 WK 26MTRS SHOWN IN 513618N, 022255E [EUR] ON HRMS BUYSKE SURVEY APR'80 [K8495/1]. NCA YET AWAIT NETHERLANDS NM. H2820/71 7.5.82 CONFIRMATION OF ABOVE. (NETHERLANDS NM 1203/82). AMEND WK 14FMS 1FT. BR STD. H448/67 12.7.82 DISPERSAL OPS, USING EXPLOSIVES, TO COMMENCE MID-JULY AND WILL LAST AT LEAST 3 MONTHS. (R NETHERLANDS NAVY, 7.7.82).

- NM 1796(T)/82. H448/67 21.10.82 W CARD BUOY, VQ(9)10S, ESTABLISHED TEMPORARILY IN 513606N, 022236E. S CARD BUOY TEMPORARILY WITHDRAWN. (NETHERLANDS NM 3442(T)/82). NCA. H448/67 22.4.83 DISPERSAL OPS RE-COMMENCED FROM VESSEL RODE ZEE. (DOVER CG TLX DTD 14.4.83). COVERED BY NM 1796(T)/82. H448/67 17.8.83 DISPERSAL OPS COMPLETE. LEAST DEPTH NOW 28MTRS. BUOY MOVED TO 513442N, 022542E. (DOVER CG TLX DTD 15.7.83 & HYDRNLNAVY SIGNAL DTD 17.8.83). AMEND TO SW 15FMS & DELETE BUOY.

- NM 2306/83. H1270/81 11.11.83 CONFIRMATION OF ABOVE. (NETHERLANDS NM 1944/83). NCA. H448/67 3.12.84 NOW CLEAR AT 29.1MTRS. (NETHERLANDS NM 648/84). BR STD. H2718/85 4.6.87 SHOWN AS WK 31.5MTRS, FIXED BY HIFIX/6 ON MS TYDEMAN SURVEY, FEB'86 [K9977/1]. 25.4.89 NOT SHOWN ON NETHERLANDS SURVEY DEC'87 - MAR'88 [M1326/18]. NCA YET. 5.5.89 TO BE RETAINED AS SW 29MTRS, UNLESS DUTCH NM OR CHARTING ACTION TAKEN. 23.7.13 SHOWN AS SW 28.5MTRS [LAT] IN 5136.246N, 0222.893E [WGD] ON BA 1630 [EDN 6 DTD 13.6.13].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: HAS BEEN DISPERSED

Position: 51 36.246 N,2 22.893 E

 

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