This is the information page about the shipwreck Meeuw, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 43.516 N,0 21.834 W (53.7344333, -0.3266833)

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: MEEUW

Length 30 meter, width: 5.9 meter, draught: 2.2, tonnage 174 ton
Load: natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products

Cause: Sunk while en-route delfzijl to selby, owned at time of loss by e de boer. (shipwreck index of the british isles).

Year of registration: 1946

Water depth above wreck: 4 meter

Known since: 1946, last detected: 1999

Details measurements/cartography: H8288/46 7.1.47 H8288/46 7.1.47 DUTCH MV MEEUW, DANGER TO NAVIGATION, SUNK IN 534331N, 002144E, MARKED BY G CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G CLOSE N. (HCB NM 72/46) CHART AS DW.

- NM 13/47. H8288/46 10.11.47 H8288/46 10.11.47 NOW FOUL, LEAST DEPTH 3FMS 2FT. (HCB NM 57/47).

- NM 2955/47. 2.1.51 2.1.51 NOW CHARTED AS F. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. H8288/46 23.8.60 H8288/46 23.8.60 LIES 166DEG [S4 DEG E MAG], 443YDS FROM ST ANDREWS DOCK FS. DISPERSED TO 20.5FT BELOW LWOST. (HCB 28.10.47). H5095/56 29.6.65 H5095/56 29.6.65 SHOWN AS WK 3FMS 2FT ON SURVEY K2204 [FOLIO KV]. NE 3497. 27.9.77 27.9.77 SHOWN AS WK 5.4MTRS ON BTDB CHART K7539/1 [SEP'77]. NE 3497. H1433/76 14.5.79 H1433/76 14.5.79 SHOWN AS F ON BTDB SURVEY K5557 [1.3.79]. BR STD. 13.10.82 13.10.82 SHOWN AS WK 5.4MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 4MTRS ON HUMBER COLLECTOR NO.7. RETAIN AS FOUL. H1270/80 4.6.85 H1270/80 4.6.85 SHOWN AS WK 5.4MTRS ON HUMBER 8/4 [1984]. NE 3497. 31.3.87 31.3.87 SHOWN AS F IN GEN DEPTH 4MTRS ON HUMBER 8/6 [1986 EDN]. NE 3497. 4.6.91 4.6.91 SHOWN AS WK 5.4MTRS ON HUMBER 8/11 [1990]. NE 3497. 20.6.92 20.6.92 SHOWN AS FOUL ON HUMBER 8/12 [1.4.92]. NE 3497. 3.6.93 3.6.93 WK 5.4MTRS SHOWN IN GEN DEPTH 5MTRS ON HUMBER 8/13 [CORR TO 7.5.93]. RETAIN CHARTED AS FOUL. 24.10.94 24.10.94 SHOWN AS WK 5.4MTRS ON HUMBER 8/14. NE 3497. 31.7.99 31.7.99 SHOWN IN 5343.500N, 0021.733W [OGB] ON HUMBER 8 [19TH EDN 1999]. NE 3497. 12.4.06 12.4.06 EUT POSN: 5343.516N, 0021.834W. BA 3497 [INT 1554] [30TH EDN, MAR'06].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 43.516 N,0 21.834 W

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