This is the information page about the shipwreck Nashaba, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 22.351 N,2 54.588 E (51.52005, 3.2163)
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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: NASHABA
Length 122.5 meter, width: 16.2 meter, draught: 9.8, tonnage 6054 ton
Load: armament,general and mixed goods
Cause: Sunk by magnetic mine. in convoy tam 91. passage cardiff for terneuzen & ghent. (ww2sl, llww2 & r verpoorte).
Year of registration: 1945
Water depth above wreck: 16 meter
Known since: 1945, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: H01279/45 6.4.45 DW PA IN 512218N, 025524E, MARKED BY G CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G.10S CLOSE S. (ADMIRALTY).
- NM 966/45. H1883/45 18.4.45 2 MASTS VISIBLE. (ADMIRALTY). INS 2 MASTS.
- NM 1097/45. H3435/45 29.5.45 S MAST IN 512226N, 025428E, OR 084DEG, 5M ST JOSEPHS CH 126DEGS 8M. (CAPT M/S SHEERNESS, 31.7.45). AMEND POSN TO 512226N, 025428E. NE 235. H3697/52 11.9.53 SHOWN AS WK 1.5MTRS, WITH G CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G.10S CLOSE S ON NETHERLANDS 203. AMEND WK 0FMS 5FT, WITH G CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G.10S CLOSE S. NE 325 &
- NM 101/54. H3697/52 3.2.54 DELETE BUOY FROM 1610 [STS].
- NM 278/54. H3697/52 7.10.55 LT ON BUOY NOW GPFL(2)G.10S. (OSTEND NM 17/78/55). NCA. H3697/52 10.12.55 AMEND TO WK SW 6.4MTRS, MARKED BY BUOY. (HAGUE NM 252/3439). AMEND WK SW 3FMS 3FT WITH G CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G.10S CLOSE S.
- NM 2942/55. H3697/52 3.10.57 ADD RAREFL TO BUOY. (OSTENDE NM 14/82/57).
- NM 2327/57. H7262/55 3.3.60 BUOY MOVED 1.1C SE OF WK. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. H5098/56 23.8.61 4 RED CAN BUOYS AROUND WK. (HMS EXPLORER, HN). H3382/61 10.10.61 REPEAT OF ABOVE. (HMS BROCKLERBY, HN). H3697/52 8.8.62 WK SW 15MTRS IN 512224N, 025442E [EUR]. BUOY REMOVED. (OSTENDE NM 9/47/62). AMEND SW 8FMS 1FT, DELETE BUOY.
- NM 1279/62. 12.1.73 AMEND WK SW 15MTRS IN 512224N, 025442E [EUR]. NC 125. 30.8.83 SHOWN IN 512224N, 025437E ON BELGIUM SURVEY JUN-AUG'82 [K 9167/1]. NCA. 17.9.84 STATED TO HAVE CARRIED CARGO OF AMMUNITION, MUCH OF WHICH REMAINS IN THE WK. (THE OBSERVER, 16.9.84). 28.11.06 SHOWN IN 5122.340N, 0254.510E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 101 [INT 1474] [JUN '06 EDN, ADOPTION]. NE 1874. SEP 2010/000138707 14.10.10 SHOWN AS SW 14.9MTRS [LAT] IN 5122.351N, 0254.588E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 102 [NE 6.2010].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 22.351 N,2 54.588 E