This is the information page about the shipwreck N verberckmoes (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 47.36 N,4 46.754 W (50.822183333333, -4.5627833333333)
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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: N VERBERCKMOES (POSSIBLY)
Length 76.2 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 1353 ton
Load: coal
Cause: built in 1890 by j redhead & sons, south shields. owned at the time of loss by cie des bateaux a vapeur du nord. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 189 nhp, single shaft. passage swansea for home port of dunkirk. torpedoed by uc 51. 4 lives lost. (ll ww1, dods, sibi). name given as n verberckmoens. (wrecksite.eu & uboat.net).
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 41 meter, Height above seabed: 120 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 2011
Details measurements/cartography: 1917 SANK IN 504800N, 044500W. (BOT, DOCKET M71324). 4.5.78 4.5.78 CHARTED AS WK USC PA 20MTRS IN 504800N, 044500W [OGB]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 1178. 1.8.02 1.8.02 [EUT] POSN: 5048.031N, 0445.065W. NE 1156. 10.12.09 10.12.09 SINKNG POSN GIVEN AS 504730N, 044500W. (LL WW1). NCA. 10.8.11 10.8.11 NOT LOCATED IN 5048.031N, 0445.065W BY M/B. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). 25.8.11 25.8.11 WK LOCATED IN 5047.360N, 0446.754W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 36.57 IN GEN DEPTH 41.7MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS, HT 5.4MTRS. LIES 120/300 DEGS WITH BOWS SE. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1557). POSSIBLY THIS VESSEL. AMEND WK 36MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN, HIGH POINTS CENTRE & SE END
Position: 50 47.36 N,4 46.754 W