This is the information page about the shipwreck Michel s, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 44.97 N,3 50.154 E (53.8613833, 4.1345333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: MICHEL S
Length 44.8 meter, width: 7.6 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 328 ton
Cause: Took in water in engine room & sank. (ll).
Year of registration: 1979
Water depth above wreck: 37 meter, Height above seabed: 74 cm
Known since: 1979, last detected: 2021
Details measurements/cartography: H3966/76 2.8.79 SANK IN 534500N, 035200E APPROX. DANGEROUS TO SHIPPING. (HYD NETHERLANDS NAVY TELEX & LL, 23.7.79). NAVAREA I 201/79 ISSUED. NCA YET, AWAIT NETHERLANDS NM. H3966/76 26.9.79 MOST ACCURATE POSN 534500N, 035000E [EUR]. EST'D DEPTH OVER WK MORE THAN 25MTRS. (HYD NETHERLANDS NAVY TELEX DTD 13.89.79 & NETHERLANDS NM 2643/79). INS AS WK USC PA 25MTRS.
- NM 2442/79. 18.4.88 SHOWN AS NDW ON NETHERLANDS 1354 [1987 EDN]. LISTED AS NDW IN NETHERLANDS WK RECORDS, JAN '88 EDN, NO.K6 112. H3498/88 3.8.88 LEAST DEPTH NOW 32MTRS. (NETHERLANDS NM 367/88). BR STD. HH100/351/08 13.7.94 WK FOUND TO BE IN 554457.5N, 035010E [WGD] (MARINE SALVAGE SERVICES, FAX DTD 11.7.94). BR STD. 26.7.05 SHOWN IN 5344.938N, 0349.933E [WGD] ON NETHERLANDS 1632 [INT 1420] [2005 EDN, CO-PRODUCTION]. NC 1632. 2.5.07 SHOWN AS WK 31MTRS ON NETHERLANDS 1632 [INT 1420] [2007 EDN, CO-PRODUCTION]. NE 1632.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: Dutch wreck records 2017(SEP 2017/000040330) used aswell
Position: 53 44.97 N,3 50.154 E