This is the information page about the shipwreck Peter wessels, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 41.43 N,6 39.17 E (53.5606667, 6.5186833)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: PETER WESSELS
Year of registration: 1944
Water depth above wreck: 10 meter
Known since: 1944, last detected: 2020
Details measurements/cartography: H03101/44 22.8.44 DW SHOWN IN 534134N, 063925E ON GERMAN 90. - FNM 1783/44. H5850/48 12.5.49 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 6MTRS [3FMS 1FT]. (GERMAN NM 986/49)
- NM 986/49. H1952/58 15.6.59 SHOWN AS WK 5.5MTRS [3FMS] ON GERMAN 90. NC 3761. H5118/61 30.11.61 LEAST DEPTH NOW 7MTRS [3FMS 5FT]. (HAMBURG NM 4263/61)
- NM 2455/61. 10.2.69 SHOWN AS WK SW 7.5MTRS [4FMS] ON GERMAN 87. NE 3761. H5118/61 21.7.70 CLEARANCE OPS COMPLETED 9.9.71. (HAMBURG NMS 2435(T)/70 & 3317/71) NCA. H5118/61 12.2.71 SWEPT CLEAR AT 10.1MTRS [5FMS 3FT]. (HAMBURG NM 26/71). WK SW 9.8MTRS. (HAGUE NM 296/71). 16.3.72 SHOWN AS GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 534128N, 063927E [EUR] ON GERMAN WK CHART 87 [1971EDN]. POSN GIVEN AS 534131N, 063927E [EUR]. (NETHERLANDS WK RECORDS) H4146/82 14.7.82 POSN NOW FOUL IN 534131N, 063927E [EUR]. (HAMBURG NM 1645/82). BR STD. 15.6.92 POSN GIVEN AS 534128N, 063922E [WGD]. (NETHERLANDS WK RECORDS [1990 EDN] NO.N5 66) NCA. SEP 2015/000166270 30.7.15 AMEND TO SW 11.9MTRS IN 5341.43N, 0639.17E [WGD]. (GERMAN NM 31/87(21)/15). AMEND TO SW 11.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
- NM 4460/15.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 53 41.43 N,6 39.17 E