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 (51.604716666667, 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.

 

1. "t" vliegent hart
2. A 10 (possibly)
3. Admiralengracht
4. Anna catharina
5. Anton hammerbacher
6. Apache
7. Ardmount
8. Auretta
9. Charles d mciver
10. Childwall (possibly)
11. Christiaan huygens
12. Cmb 1
13. Croxteth hall
14. Eleftheria
15. Emeraude
16. Empire blessing
17. Empire path
18. Fort maisonneuve
19. Foscolo
20. Francis asbury
21. Frigg (possibly)
22. G 88
23. Gold shell
24. Gorm
25. Grauw
26. Greta dania
27. Heinkel 111
28. Hm motor launch 561
29. Hmmms 257
30. Hms brilliant
31. Hms colsay
32. Hms grafton
33. Hms hayburn wyke
34. Hms maori
35. Hms plumpton (probably)
36. Hms sirius
37. Hoop op vrede (n 741)
38. Jeannine andre
39. Kompas
40. Loodsboot 14
41. Lookout
42. Lst 80
43. M 3231 (possibly)
44. M 3610
45. Magne
46. Marie
47. Maurice
48. Mont louis
49. Mts vector
50. Nashaba
51. Nautica ena
52. Neutron
53. Neutron
54. Nippon
55. Prangehof
56. Putten
57. Ra.2 (possibly)
58. Rijnstroom
59. Robert l vann
60. S 220
61. S.192 (possibly)
62. Sampa
63. Samselbu (after part)
64. Samselbu (fwd part)
65. Samsip
66. Samvern (e part)
67. Samvern (w part)
68. Santos
69. Segre
70. Senator holthusen
71. Senator sthamer
72. Slera ventana
73. Sperrbrecher 170 (probably)
74. Sperrbrecker no 141 (probably)
75. Steel traveler
76. Tojaro
77. Tuskar ii
78. U 11
79. Ub 13
80. Ub 20 (possibly)
81. Uc 14
82. V 1405 (possibly)
83. 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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