This is the information page about the shipwreck Robert-clara, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 8.15 N,2 32.431 E (51.1325, 2.5103666666667)
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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: ROBERT-CLARA
Year of registration: 1959
Water depth above wreck: 13 meter
Known since: 1959, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: H2119/58 1.6.59 DW SHOWN IN 510800N, 023142E ON FRENCH 5513. H0602/40 3.9.59 HMS SHELDRAKE TASKED TO DEMOLISH WK 3.6.40. (CINC NORE 2.6.40 IN H0602/40). H2119/58 21.6.72 ACCORDING TO DUNKIRK PILOT, WK NO LONGER EXISTENT, OR HAS MORE THAN 15MTRS OVER IT. (MS GIESSENKERK, HN 3.6.72). H2119/58 22.8.72 AFTER ENQUIRING WITH THE BUREAU DU PILOTAGE DE DUNKERQUE, WRECK IS CONFIRMED TO LIE ON BORDER OF FRENCH AND BELGIAN WATERS AND IS SHOWN ON BELGIAN CHART. (FRENCH HYDROGRAPHER, 18.8.72). 11.9.72 11.9.72 EUR POSN: 510802N, 023142E. H1545/64 23.1.74 WK SW 11.4MTRS IN 510809N, 023232E [EUR]. (OSTEND NM 175/73). 23.4.74 SHOWN AS WK SW 11.4MTRS [6FMS 1FT] ON BELGIAN SURVEY DTD JUL-OCT 1973 [K6898/1]. STILL SHOWN AS DW ON NETHERLANDS 1035. NE 323 21.10.81 SHOWN AS SW 11.4 MTRS ON FRENCH 6500 [4TH EDN 1981]. H1310/81/29 13.11.81 NOTHING FOUND IN THIS POSN DURING DIVING INVESTIGATION. (J COULON, 3.11.81). NCA. H1310/84/4 21.2.84 WK LOCATED BY E/S. MAY BE MINESWEEPER HMS SKIPJACK. (J COULON, 31.1.84). BUT SEE ALSO 510520N, 022831E. H1310/86/24 6.10.86 DEFINITELY NOT THE SKIPJACK, ONLY VERY SMALL OBSTN. (J COULON, 15.9.86). H1545/64 27.6.88 NOW WK SW 12.4MTRS IN 510811N, 023231E [EUR]. (OSTEND NM 11/89/88). H1310/88/18 25.7.88 THIS IS ONLY A SMALL OBSTN. FISHING VESSELS TRAWL OVER IT. (J COULON, 15.3.88). HH342/710/02 29.9.94 AMEND FOUL. (BELGIAN NM 19/126/94). BR STD. 8.2.07 SHOWN AS FOUL IN 5108.155N, 0232.431E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 102 [INT 1480] [JUN '06 EDN, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION] . NE 1873. SEP 2010/000138707 18.10.10 SHOWN IN 5108.150N, 0232.431E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 102 [NE 1.6.10, 1:60,000].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 8.15 N,2 32.431 E