This is the information page about the shipwreck Nippon, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 22.701 N,3 5.237 E (51.6047167, 3.38255)

 

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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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2. Admiralengracht
3. Apache
4. Ardmount
5. Auretta
6. Childwall (possibly)
7. Christiaan huygens
8. Cmb 1
9. Emeraude
10. Empire path
11. Fort maisonneuve
12. Frigg (possibly)
13. G 88
14. Gorm
15. Grauw
16. Greta dania
17. Heinkel 111
18. Hm motor launch 561
19. Hmmms 257
20. Hms brilliant
21. Hms colsay
22. Hms grafton
23. Hms plumpton (probably)
24. Hms sirius
25. Jeannine andre
26. Loodsboot 14
27. Lst 80
28. M 3231 (possibly)
29. M 3610
30. Magne
31. Marie
32. Maurice
33. Mont louis
34. Nashaba
35. Nautica ena
36. Neutron
37. Neutron
38. Nippon
39. Putten
40. Ra.2 (possibly)
41. Rijnstroom
42. Robert l vann
43. Sampa
44. Samselbu (fwd part)
45. Samsip
46. Samvern (w part)
47. Segre
48. Senator holthusen
49. Slera ventana
50. Sperrbrecker no 141 (probably)
51. Steel traveler
52. Tojaro
53. Tuskar ii
54. U 11
55. Ub 13
56. Ub 20 (possibly)
57. Uc 14
58. V 1405 (possibly)
59. Zuidpool

 

Name: NIPPON

Year of registration: 1948

Water depth above wreck: 8 meter

Known since: 1948, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: 13.10.48 DW SHOWN IN 512245N, 030517E ON SURVEY [E 8277]. BR STD. H5098/56 18.10.56 AMENDED TO WK 3.3MTRS [1FM 5FT]. (HAGUE NM 173/2392/56).

- NM 3109/56. H5098/56 22.3.61 G CAN BUOY, GPFL(2)G10S LAID 1.1M SSE OF WK. (OSTEND NM 3/30/61).

- NM 717/61. H5098/56 29.5.61 BUOY MOVED TO 2.2M S OF WK. (OSTEND NM 6/54/61).

- NM 1127/61. H5098/56 8.8.62 RAREFL FITTED TO BUOY. (OSTEND NM 13/99/62).

- NM 1645/62. H5098/56 14.9.66 DEPTH CHANGE REPD. (OSTEND NM 18/155) NCA. H1126/66 31.10.66 CONFIRMATION OF BUOY POSN AS 2.2M S OF WK. (OSTEND NMS 19/14 & 19/165). NCA. H4483/72 10.6.76 BUOY NOW APPROX 1M NW OF WK. (NETH BUOY LIST, 8.4.76).

- NM 1226/76. 17.9.76 SHOWN IN 512245N, 030517E ON BELGIAN 8 & 11. NCA. 20.1.77 NOW MARKED BY 'NIPPON' S CARD PILLAR BUOY, Q(6)+LFL15S CLOSE S. (IALA). BR STD. 16.3.86 SHOWN AS WK SW 3.3MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 2449. H2731/85 10.3.87 NOW SWEPT CLEAR AT 5.7MTRS [3FMS] IN 512245N, 030519E. (OSTEND NM 143/86). BR STD. 7.2.91 NIPPON, SWEPT CLEAR AT 5.7MTRS [3FMS] IN 512247N, 030524E [EUR]. (NETH WK RECORDS SEP 90, EDN NO.S10 1330). NCA. HH342/720/01 5.9.95 POSN AMENDED TO 512246N, 030518E. (BELGIAN NM 17/134/95). BR STD. HH342/700/01 13.3.97 NOW SHOWN IN 512246N, 030517E. (BELGIAN NM 5/69/97). BR STD. 31.5.07 SHOWN IN 5122.717N, 0305.203E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 101 [INT 1474] [JUN 2006 EDN LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 18[74. 17.8.15 SHOWN AS [LAT] ON BELGIAN 101. (MAY 2015, COR TO 23/4/15).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 22.701 N,3 5.237 E

 

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