This is the information page about the shipwreck Olanda (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 53.484 N,1 31.617 E (53.8572333, 1.4614167)

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: OLANDA (POSSIBLY)

Length 88.4 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2138 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built in 1899 by w grey & co. owned at time of loss by stoomv maats nederlandsche lloyd. triple expansion engie of 217nhp. passage seaham for rotterdam. mined.

Year of registration: 1915

Water depth above wreck: 33 meter, Height above seabed: 132 cm

Known since: 1915, last detected: 1989

Details measurements/cartography: H256/27 27.1.27 INS NDW (1915) IN 535300N, 012900E. NE 2182A. H7614/58 26.5.60 INS AS DW ON NC 2013(W). H619/65 14.5.65 CLOSELY SEARCHED FOR BY SONAR. FIRM CONTACT OBTAINED 1.5M E OF CHARTED POSN. NO TRACE ON E/S, BUT PERSISTENT, MEDIUM STRENGTH, FIRM SONAR RETURNS OBTAINED IN 535324N, 013154E. CLASSIFIED AS POSSIBLE WRECK - MAY BE OLANDA. (HMS SCOTT, 31.12.64). AMEND TO NDW IN THIS POSITION. H3966/76 18.9.80 AMEND TO DWPA IN 535300N, 012900E ON 1187 ONLY. BR STD. 25.1.84 WK STANDING 5MTRS PROUD OF SEABED (GEN DEPTH 34MTRS) SHOWN IN 535332N, 013142E [EUR] ON 1983 COMMERCIAL SURVEY CARRIED OUT BY E A ANDREWS. AMEND TO WK 29MTRS IN 535328N, 013144E [OGB]. BR STD. H6329/87 26.6.89 EXAM'D IN 535328N, 013144E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 28.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 29.3 IN GEN DEPTH 33MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.7MTRS. (NP 1008, HI 413, TELEX 19.6.89). AMEND TO SW 28.5MTRS. BR STD. H6329/87 19.10.89 EXAM'D 11.6.89 INTACT AND UPRIGHT. LIES 132/312 DEG WITH NO SCOUR. LENGTH 38MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS. MASTS/STACKS APPARENT AT EACH END. HIGHEST POINT AT NW END. NO MAGNETIC DEFLECTION. (NP 1008, HI 413). NFA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT

Position: 53 53.484 N,1 31.617 E

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