This is the information page about the shipwreck Nautilus, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 34.285 N,2 10.312 E (51.3988833, 2.4536167)

 

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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.

 

1. Amor
2. Andre
3. Breda
4. Bruno heinemann (z.8)
5. Castor (possibly)
6. Deo gratias
7. Duke of york (bows)
8. Ellewoutsdijk
9. Fauvette
10. Garden city
11. Hendon hall
12. Hms blackburn rovers (possibly)
13. Hms maida (possibly)
14. Hms thuringia (possibly)
15. Hms westella
16. Hoegh aigrette
17. Jarita
18. La flandre (possibly)
19. Laura
20. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
21. Lst 364 (probably)
22. Madimba (probably)
23. Mecklenburg
24. Medee
25. Melrose
26. Merlijn
27. Nautilus
28. Neppo (possibly)
29. Palembang (probably)
30. Peppinella
31. Ptarmigan
32. Rigel
33. Shardana
34. Sint annaland
35. Texel
36. Tringa
37. Uc 1
38. Uc 63
39. Vecht (probably)
40. West-hinder
41. Wielingen ii (possibly)
42. Wielingen ltv

 

Name: NAUTILUS

Length 22.9 meter

Cause: While hauling in nets capsized and sank.

Year of registration: 1982

Water depth above wreck: 37 meter, Height above seabed: 103 cm

Known since: 1982, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: H3966/76 29.1.82 H3966/76 29.1.82 SANK IN 513330N, 021130E. (NORTH FORELAND RADIO, TLX DTD 10.1.82). 11.1.82 11.1.82 VICINITY OF REPORTED SINKING SEARCHED BY THV ON 11.1.82 IN BAD WEATHER CONDITIONS - NOTHING FOUND. FURTHER SEARCH WILL BE MADE. (TH HARWICH, TELECON 11.1.82). H3966/76 17.2.82 H3966/76 17.2.82 LOCATED IN 513436N, 021005E [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 26.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 38.5MTRS. (TH HARWICH, TLX DTD 1.2.82). H3966/76 17.2.82 H3966/76 17.2.82 LEAST E/S DEPTH OBTAINED NOW 22.9MTRS. (TH HARWICH, TLX DTD 9.2.82). MARKED BY N CARD, VQ, LAID 183MTRS N OF WK. (TH HARWICH, TLX DTD 10.2.82). NCA YET. H3966/76 5.3.82 H3966/76 5.3.82 SWEPT CLEAR 26.6MTRS. GEN DEPTH 36MTRS SSW OF WK & 37.3MTRS NNE OF WK. BUOY TO BE WITHDRAWN ON PUBLICATION OF AN NM. (TH NM 21/82 AND TLX DTD 24.2.82). INS AS SW 26.6MRS (14FM 3FT).

- NM 700/82. H3966/76 11.6.82 H3966/76 11.6.82 BUOY TO BE WITHDRAWN ON 2.7.82. (TH NM 54/82). NCA. H3966/76 13.7.82 H3966/76 13.7.82 BUOY WITHDRAWN. (TH HARWICH, TLX 2.7.82). NCA. H2350/85 4.12.86 H2350/85 4.12.86 EXAM'D 13.6.86 IN 513415N, 021025E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33 IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS. SCOUR 2MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 6MTRS. LENGTH 50MTRS, APPROX. INTACT, LYING 160/340 DEG. (NP 1008, HI 317A). AMEND TO WK 33MTRS.

- NM 3744/86. HH090/922/01 7.9.01 HH090/922/01 7.9.01 EXAM'D 14.5.01 IN 5134.286N, 0210.310E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 31.6 IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 18MTRS, WIDTH 4MTRS. NO DCS3 HT. LIES 085/265 DEGS. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. APPEARS INTACT. CLOSE NW OF SANDWAVE WITH SIMILAR HT. (NP 1008, HI 922). PROBABLY UPRIGHT. SCOUR 1.5MTRS. AMEND TO WK 31MTRS. BR STD. 11.10.04 11.10.04 SHOWN AS WK 33MTRS ON BELGIAN D11 [2003 EDN]. NCA, RETAIN AS NP 1008 2001 SURVEY: WK 31MTRS. SOURCE DATA DIAGRAM ON BELGIAN CHART GIVES DUTCH SURVEYS OF 1977-2000. HH091/159/01 2.8.07 HH091/159/01 2.8.07 LOCATED 11.3.07 IN 5134.285N, 0210.312E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 31.65 IN GEN DEPTH 38.0MTRS. LENGTH 22MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS, HT 6.3MTRS. LIES 103/283 DEGS WITH BOWS 283 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (OSAE, HI 1159). INTACT. SCOUR EXTENDS N & S. RETAIN WK 31MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, PROBABLY UPRIGHT

Position: 51 34.285 N,2 10.312 E

 

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