This is the information page about the shipwreck Merwede, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 38.899 N,1 28.891 W (55.617133333333, -1.4278666666667)

 

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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. Acclivity
2. Aepos
3. Alert (possibly)
4. Annie walker (probably)
5. Arbutus
6. Athelduke
7. Auckland castle
8. Aulton (possibly)
9. Baltanglia
10. Buka
11. Choice
12. Chris christenson
13. Coquet mouth
14. Cor jesu (possibly)
15. Coryton
16. Driebergen
17. Dutchman
18. Eglinton
19. Elziena
20. Elziena (possibly)
21. Emily reaich
22. Emma
23. Espire
24. Everene (possibly)
25. Fingal
26. Florence dombey (possibly)
27. George and mary (possibly)
28. Hazard (probably)
29. Hesvik (possibly)
30. Hms ascot
31. Hms kopanes
32. Hms patia
33. Hooghammen
34. Hornchurch (probably)
35. Igor
36. Isbul & margarit
37. Jan van ryswyck
38. Lunesdale (possibly)
39. Maystone (possibly)
40. Merwede
41. Morlaix (probably)
42. Moulmein (possibly)
43. Nidelven
44. Ocean venture
45. Peik (probably)
46. Pluto
47. Provider a
48. Skovdal (probably)
49. Snowdonia
50. Somali
51. Sphynx
52. St andre
53. St fergus
54. Stork (possibly)
55. Tadorne
56. The tetrarch (probably)
57. Thistle
58. Thomas jackson (possibly)
59. Tillycorthie
60. Tioga
61. U 1274

 

Name: MERWEDE

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 49 meter, Height above seabed: 165 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2002

Details measurements/cartography: H1931/18 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS APPROX 554000N, 012800W. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). INS AS NDWPA (1918). H4622/71 14.9.72 AMEND TO USCPA 28MTRS. NC 160. H4271/71 3.8.77 AMEND TO USCPA 35MTRS. BR STD. HH090/915/01 21.1.02 EXAM'D 14.6.01 IN 5538.899N, 0128.891W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 41 IN GEN DEPTH 49MTRS. SCOUR 2MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 5MTRS TOWARDS 071 DEGS. LENGTH 77MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.2MTRS. LIES 165/345 DEGS WITH BOWS 345 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. DEBRIS EXTENDS 56MTRS TOWARDS 246 DEGS. BROKEN, INVERTED. (GARDLINE, HI 915). PROBABLY IN TWO UNEQUAL PARTS WITH DEBRIS BETWEEN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ?IN TWO PARTS WITH DEBRIS BETWEEN, BOWS NNW

Position: 55 38.899 N,1 28.891 W

 

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