This is the information page about the shipwreck Rigel, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 4.554 N,4 43.552 E (53.0440833, 4.65455)

 

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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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Name: RIGEL

Length 68.9 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1272 ton
Load: minerals

Cause: Built in 1951 by burntisland sb co, burntisland. owned at time of loss by alkimini shipping co. passage terneuzen for lubeck. cargo shifted in storm, capsized and grounded. four men lost. (msd).

Year of registration: 1970

Water depth above wreck: 1 meter

Known since: 1970, last detected: 2022

Details measurements/cartography: 11.1.71 GROUNDED IN 530300N, 044400E. (LL 202, 221,230). NCA YET. H4940/57 10.6.71 DW IN 530436N, 044338E. (HAGUE NM 1126/71). BR STD. 23.4.98 NO LONGER CHARTED, OFF LIMITS OF NC 191, BA 2322 & 2593 STS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 4.554 N,4 43.552 E

 

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