This is the information page about the shipwreck Nautica ena, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 18.017 N,2 52.855 E (51.3816333, 2.6202333)

 

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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.

 

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4. Ardmount
5. Auretta
6. Bowsprite (bow section)
7. Cmb 1
8. Cmb 71a
9. Dawdon
10. Dortmund
11. Emeraude
12. Empire path
13. Fl5
14. G 96
15. Heinkel 111
16. Hm motor launch 561
17. Hms basilisk
18. Hms brilliant
19. Hms colsay
20. Hms gracie fields
21. Hms grafton
22. Hms grafton
23. Hms plumpton (probably)
24. Hms sirius
25. Hms wakeful
26. Hms waverley
27. Hms whitley
28. Jeannine andre
29. John mahn
30. Keulse vaart iv
31. Lct(r) 457
32. Lst 420 (stern section)
33. Lst 80
34. M 3610
35. Marie
36. Maurice
37. Mont louis
38. Nashaba
39. Nautica ena
40. Neutron
41. Neutron
42. Nippon
43. P 319
44. Putten
45. Queen of the channel (possibly)
46. Ra.2 (possibly)
47. Rijnstroom
48. Rita
49. Robert l vann
50. Sampa
51. Samselbu (fwd part)
52. Samsip
53. Samvern (w part)
54. Senator holthusen
55. Sigurds faulbaums
56. Slera ventana
57. Sperrbrecker no 141 (probably)
58. Torpilleur branlebas
59. U 11
60. Ub 13
61. Ub 29
62. Ub29

 

Name: NAUTICA ENA

Length 51.8 meter, width: 8.5 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 499 ton
Load: metal: concentrate and products

Cause: Sank following a collision with the west german mv thuringia. passage flixborough for ghent. (ll 218).

Year of registration: 1974

Water depth above wreck: 7 meter

Known since: 1974, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: 2.10.74 SANK ABOUT 4 MILES OFF OSTEND, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE HARBOUR, IN 6 TO 7MTRS. (LL 2.10.74). 4.10.74 SANK IN 511808N, 025250E. LIES UPRIGHT IN 7MTRS OF WATER WITH TIPS OF MASTS SHOWING AT LW. MARKED BY 2 G LT BUOYS, FL 10S. (LL 218). NAVEAM 337/74 ISSUED. H1271/74 23.9.74 MASTS SHOW AT LW. NO SALVAGE ATTEMPT EXPECTED IN NEAR FUTURE. (LLOYDS AGENT, ANTWERP, TELEX 23.9.75). H1271/74 24.10.74 DW (MASTS) IN 511803N, 025259E [EUR]. WK BUOYS LAID CLOSE ESE AND CLOSE NW. (OSTEND NM 153(T)/73, NM 100/74 & HAGUE NM 3259(T)/74). H1271/74 23.9.75 INS DW (MTS) IN 511803N, 025259E. G CON, E TOPMARK, RAREFL, INT Q FL G, V CLOSE ESE & G CAN, N TOPMARK, RAREFL, FL G, V CLOSE NW.

- NM 2027/75. 12.1.77 BUOYS AMENDED TO E CARD, Q(3) 10S, & N CARD, Q(9) 15S. NC 125. H1271/74 23.7.81 BUOY CLOSE NW NOW N CARD, Q, WITH LEGEND 'NAUTICA ENA'. E CARD BUOY REMOVED. (OSTEND NM 44/81 & OSTEND NM 18/58/81).

- NM 1764/81. H1271/74 4.11.81 SW 1.9MTRS IN 511804N, 025256E [EUR]. (OSTEND NM 21/69/81).

- NM 2759/81. H1271/74 12.4.84 SECTORSCAN SONAR SURVEY CARRIED OUT 12 & 13.3.84. WK APPEARS INTACT AND UPRIGHT. SONAR LENGTH 55MTRS. (D GOODSON, 20.3.84). H2686/87 30.9.87 BUOY NOW MOVED TO 511807N, 025253E [EUR]. (OSTENDE NM 126/87). NCA. H1310/88/16 22.9.88 NAME CONFIRMED AS NAUTICA ENA. (R VERPOORTE 9.2.88). SEP 2010/000138707 15.10.10 SHOWN AS SW 1.8MTRS [LAT] IN 5118.017N, 0252.885E [WGD] WITH N CARD PILLAR BUOY, 'NAUTICA ENA', Q, CLOSE NNW ON BELGIAN 102 [NE 6.10, 1:60,000].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT

Position: 51 18.017 N,2 52.855 E

 

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