This is the information page about the shipwreck Necton, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 4.701 N,3 47.324 E (52.0252833, 4.0856167)

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: NECTON

Length 45.1 meter, tonnage 350 ton
Load: grain

Cause: Sank while under tow of tug gele zee. was on passage norwich to rotterdam.

Year of registration: 1963

Water depth above wreck: 19 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1963, last detected: 2022

Details measurements/cartography: H1483/63 15.5.63 WK, LEAST DEPTH 17.5MTRS [9FMS 3FT] IN 520444N, 034724E. MARKED BY G CAN LT BUOY, FL.G. (HAGUE NM'S 458/63 & 522/63).

- NM 993/63. H1483/63 10.9.63 NOW SWEPT CLEAR AT 17.1MTRS [9FMS 2FT]. (HAGUE NM 1858/63).

- NM 1858/63. HH340/351/01 11.4.91 NOW DEPTH CLEAR AT 23.5MTRS IN 520445N, 034724E [EUR]. (NETHERLANDS NM 197/91).

- NM 1223/91. HH160/351/02 20.6.91 AMEND TO WK 23.5MTRS. (UKHO)

- NM 1861/91. HH340/530/01 14.2.95 NOW WK 20.9MTRS. (NETHERLANDS NM 91/95).

- NM 815/95. 14.10.04 NOW WK 21.5MTRS IN 5204.701N, 0347.324E [WGD]. (M DE GRAAF, NETHERLANDS HYDRO, E-MAIL DTD 5.10.04). NE 122. HH340/530/08 24.12.04 NOW WK 20.7MTRS. (NETHERLANDS NM 51/600/04).

- NM 704/05. 9.8.06 SHOWN AS WK 21.5MTRS ON NETHERLANDS 122 [SEP'06 EDN, CO-PRODUCTION]. NE 122. SEP 2012/000216582 26.10.12 NOW WK 20.7MTRS. (NETH NM 43/481/12).

- NM 5163/12.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 4.701 N,3 47.324 E

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