This is the information page about the shipwreck Rijnstroom, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 34.218 N,2 52.505 E (51.3816333, 2.6202333)
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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: RIJNSTROOM
Length 72.2 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 695 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: Built in 1937 by n v c van der giessen & zonen. owned at time of loss by n v hollandsche stoomb maats. oil engine of 16nhp. torpedoed and sunk by u 17. passage the downs for amsterdam. crew of 12 lost. (r verpoorte & axis submarine successes). ?mined. (dods).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 28 meter
Known since: 1940, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: 23.12.76 OBSTN SHOWN IN 513412N, 025241E ON KINGFISHER CHART KE 151-2 [JUL'68 EDN]. NCA YET. H4753/82 3.2.86 WK 23.5MTRS IN 513417N, 025237E [EUR]. (NETH NM 662/85). BR STD. HH100/351/01 14.6.90 MV RIJNSTROOM WAS SUNK IN 513600N, 025400E, APPROX. (R VERPOORTE, 9.5.89). HH100/351/06 16.10.92 EXAM'D BY DIVERS FROM MV AQUARIUS IN 513417N, 025233.5E [EUR]. POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS THE RIJNSTROOM - BELL RECOVERED. (R VERPOORTE, 29.9.92). HH340/530/01 9.6.93 NOW SW 22.6MTRS IN 513416N, 025235E [EUR]. (OOSTENDE NM 9/94/93).
- NM 2125/93. 29.10.93 SHOWN ON BELGIUM 101 [1993 EDN]. NCA. 4.2.96 SHOWN AS F ON BELGIAN 101 [OCT'96 EDN]. BR STD. HH342/700/01 13.3.97 NOW WK 22.5MTRS IN 513416N, 025236.5E [EUR]. (BELGIAN NM 5/69/97). RETAIN AS F, AMEND POSN. BR STD ACTION. HH340/530/04 14.5.97 AMEND FOUL TO SW 22.5MTRS IN 513416N, 025236.5E [EUR]. (BELGIAN NM 09/97/97). ALREADY SHOWN AS SW 22.5MTRS ON BA 1874 [5.97 EDN]. NCA. 3.6.13 [WGD] POSN: 5134.218N, 0252.505E.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 34.218 N,2 52.505 E