This is the information page about the shipwreck Mohlenpris (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 39.322 N,0 17.991 E (50.57725, -0.0826)
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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: MOHLENPRIS (POSSIBLY)
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 29 meter, Height above seabed: 20 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 20150628
Details measurements/cartography: H2537/28 17.8.28 WK IN 503900N, 011800E APPROX. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NCA. H4959/73 15.4.75 IN 503918N, 001806E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18 IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS. NO SCOUR. SEABED FLAT. WISPY E/S ECHOES. LENGTH FROM DCS3 SHADOW 250FT. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 55/74). CHART AS WK 18MTRS [9FMS 5FT].
- NM 1531/75. H4121/76 3.8.76 HMS BEAGLE'S POSN CONFIRMED. DIVERS REPORT 2000TON FREIGHTER, INTACT & LYING ON ITS SIDE. STANDS UP 30-35FT [10MTRS]. PROBABLY 1939 SINKING. ACCEPT HMS BEAGLE'S E/S LEAST DEPTH. LIES 020/200DEGS. LENGTH 108MTRS FROM DCS3 TRACE. (HMS ECHO, HI 41/76). NCA. H1289/77 24.10.77 UNKNOWN WK IN 503915N, 001800E, LYING E/W STERN E. DAMAGE AMIDSHIPS. WK IS UPSIDE DOWN, THE HIGHEST POINT BEING THE STERN 30FT. (R J TODD). H1310/84/32 6.9.84 DIVED ON IN 1984. LIES WITH STERN TO SW, ON STBD BEAM-END. HULL LARGELY INTACT, BUT SUPERSTRUCTURE FALLEN INTO SEABED. STERN, ENGINES & BOW STAND ABOUT 9MTRS HIGH. WK IS NOT UPSIDE DOWN. (T W BENNETTO, 4.9.84). SEP 2015/000083465 26.11.15 EXAM'D 28.06.15, WK SHOWN IN 5039.322N, 0017.991E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 20.64MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 28.8MTRS. LENGTH 86MTRS, WIDTH 16MTRS, HT 8.2MTRS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE, HI 1476). AMEND DW 20.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ON STBD SIDE, BOWS NW
Position: 50 39.322 N,0 17.991 E