This is the information page about the shipwreck Meerkerk, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 37.201 N,3 24.105 E (51.604716666667, 3.38255)

 

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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. "t" vliegent hart
2. Admiralengracht
3. Alhema 2
4. Anna catharina
5. Baidar
6. Baltique
7. Birkenfels
8. Caesar stettin
9. Capella (possibly)
10. Caritas
11. Childwall (possibly)
12. Christiaan huygens
13. Columbus
14. Comitas
15. Cornelia
16. Cw funch or phoenix
17. Doris
18. Edward dawson
19. Eleftheria
20. Empire blessing
21. Fort maisonneuve
22. Fortune
23. Foscolo
24. Frigg (possibly)
25. G 88
26. Garonne
27. Gorm
28. Grauw
29. Greta dania
30. Hmmms 248
31. Hmmms 257
32. Hms maori
33. Hr ms balder (possibly)
34. Jamaica
35. Jeannine andre
36. Jonge catharina
37. Kompas
38. Lasker
39. Loodsboot 14
40. Loodsboot no.1
41. Lookout
42. Lst 80
43. M 3231 (possibly)
44. M 3267 (possibly)
45. Maeda
46. Magne
47. Marie
48. Meerkerk
49. Noordzee
50. Ougree
51. Prangehof
52. Redwood
53. Samselbu (after part)
54. Samselbu (fwd part)
55. Samvern (e part)
56. Santos
57. Seabird (possibly)
58. Seablue
59. Segre
60. Songa
61. Spyros armenakis
62. Steel traveler
63. Stella
64. Tojaro
65. Trawl
66. Tuskar ii
67. Tysla
68. Ub 20 (possibly)
69. Uc 14
70. V 1405 (possibly)
71. Vanda (possibly)
72. Vestland
73. War diwan (after part)
74. War diwan (fore-ship)
75. Zuidpool

 

Name: MEERKERK

Length 155.1 meter, width: 18.6 meter, draught: 10.1, tonnage 7995 ton

Cause: vessel built 1916 by bremer vulkan. owned at time of loss by n.v. vereenigde nederlandsche scheepv. maats. on passage rotterdam for australia. mined. broke in 2 & sank off walcheron. 12 crew lost. (dods).

Year of registration: 1946

Water depth above wreck: 9 meter

Known since: 1946, last detected: 2022

Details measurements/cartography: H3547/46 1.8.46 DW PA. (NETHERLANDS NM 48/367/46).

- NM 2349/46. H3547/46 14.10.46 AMENDED TO ST. (MMTS IRIS).

- NM 3436/46. H6646/46 2.11.46 AMENDED TO DW (MASTS). (NETHERLANDS NM 99/775/46).

- NM 3652/46. H4401/48 21.7.48 MARKED BY G CONL LT BUOY, OCC.G.8S, 2.5C N OF WK. (NETHERLANDS NM 161/2206/48).

- NM 1598/48. H6646/46 14.12.49 LEGEND (MASTS) DELETED. (NETHERLANDS NM 297/4164/49). BR STD. H6646/46 2.2.50 LT BUOY AMENDED TO GPFL(3)G.15S. (NETHERLANDS NM 3/35/50).

- NM 208/50. H6646/46 10.2.50 DW (MASTS) IN 513715N, 032410E, MARKED BY 'MEERKERK' G CONL LT BUOY, GPFL(3)G.5S CLOSE N. (NETHERLANDS NM 19/260/50. BR STD. H883/52 16.4.52 SHOWN IN 513718N, 032244E ON NETHERLANDS 204. NCA. H883/52 6.4.55 BUOY TO BE CHANGED TO G CAN LT BUOY, FL.G.1.5S, W TOPMARK CLOSE W OF WK. (NETHERLANDS PNM 53/654). NCA YET. H883/52 21.4.55 LT BUOY HAS DISAPPEARED. (NETHERLANDS TNM 69/868). NCA YET. H883/52 23.5.55 'MEERKERK' G CAN LT BUOY, FL.G.1.5S HAS BEEN LAID IN 513716N, 032352E. (HAGUE NM 76/975/55).

- NM 1196/55. H883/52 31.5.55 REPEAT OF ABOVE. (BELGIAN NM 8/44/55) NFA. H883/52 15.7.55 DW (MAST) SHOWN IN 513718N, 032351E, MARKED BY G CAN LT BUOY, QKFL.G, W TOPMARK, CLOSE W, ON NETHERLANDS 204. NE 110. 4.12.57 POSN SLIGHTLY AMENDED & BUOY NOW WSW ON NETHERLANDS 110. BA 110. H883/52 5.9.61 NOW WK SW 1.5MTRS [0FMS 5FT]. (HAGUE NM 2699/61).

- NM 1911/61. H3362/65 7.5.70 RAFL ADDED TO LT BUOY. (HAGUE NM 1085/70). BR STD. 19.1.77 NOW MARKED BY 'OG2' R CAN LT BUOY, QFL.R, WITH CAN TOPMARK. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 110. 12.9.79 SHOWN AS WK SW 1.5MTRS IN 513717N, 032414E [EUR], MARKED BY BUOY CLOSE W. NC 110. HH340/410/01 6.4.94 LT BUOY AMENDED TO 'OG-WG' W CARD PILLAR LT BUOY, VQ(9)10S. (NETHERLANDS NM 9/123/94).

- NM 1045/94.POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE 23.12.04 NOW SHOWN AS WK SW 6.4MTRS IN 5137.201N, 0324.105E [WGD], MARKED BY 'OG-WG' W CARD LT BUOY, VQ(9)10S, ON NETHERLANDS 110 [INT 1473] [4TH EDN DEC '04, CO-PRODUCTION]. NE 110. 18.9.07 SHOWN AS WK SW 6.1MTRS [LAT] WITH 'OG-WG' W CARD LT BUOY, VQ(9)10S, CLOSE W & ALSO 'DORA' Y SPHERICAL LT BUOY, FL(5)Y.20S CLOSE SW, ON NETHERLANDS 110 [2007 EDN CO-PRODUCTION]. NE 110.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ALSO 'DORA' Y SPHERICAL LT BUOY, FL(5)Y.20S CLOSE SW

Position: 51 37.201 N,3 24.105 E

 

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