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 53 7.211 N,4 12.366 E (53.1344, 4.3679833)

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.

Name: NAUTILUS

Length 139.9 meter, tonnage 3200 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built in 1922 by chantiers navale francais. owned at time of loss by arnold thyselius. triple expansion engine. passage swansea for delfzijl. sank in hurricane force winds. one man recovered, 23 lost. (dods).

Year of registration: 1962

Water depth above wreck: 26 meter, Height above seabed: 20 cm

Known since: 1962, last detected: 2022

Details measurements/cartography: H496/63 15.5.63 DW (MAST) IN 530730N, 041125E. (HAGUE NMS 4631/62(P) & 1052/63). INS DW MAST.

- NM 994/63. H496/63 25.6.63 MAST NO LONGER VISIBLE. (NETH HYDRO). DELETE MAST.

- NM 1260/63. H496/63 5.4.68 WK 17.9MTRS IN 530723N, 041210E. (HAGUE NM 882/68). AMEND WK 89FMS 4FT. BR STD. 7.12.72 SHOWN IN 530720N, 041208E ON NETH FISHERIES 1955 [REC'D 7.11.72]. 21.3.73 LIES BEARING 020/200DEGS. (NETH WK RECORDS). 8.5.80 AMEND WK 17.9MTRS. NC 1505. H4753/82 5.12.85 NOW WK 18.3MTRS IN 530718N, 041224E [EUR]. (NETH NM 639/85). BR STD. 8.8.89 CONFIRMATION OF ABOVE, BUT NOT NAMED. (NETH WK RECORDS - JAN'88 EDN - NO L16 925). HH340/630/07 25.4.05 NOW WK 16.8MTRS IN 5307.10N, 0412.40E [WGD]. (NETH NM 14/204/05).

- NM 2588/05. HH340/630/07 2.11.05 NOW SW 18.7MTRS IN 5307.21N, 0412.40E [WGD]. (NETH NM 43/542/05).

- NM 5682/05.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 7.211 N,4 12.366 E

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