This is the information page about the shipwreck Robert l vann, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 22.811 N,2 47.202 E (51.1325, 2.5103667)

 

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7. Bowsprite (bow section)
8. Bramden (possibly)
9. Cmb 1
10. Cmb 71a
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20. Hm motor launch 561
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29. Hms st achilleus (possibly)
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32. Hms whitley
33. John mahn
34. Keulse vaart iv
35. Kilmore
36. Lct(r) 457
37. Lst 420 (stern section)
38. M 3610
39. Marie
40. Mariner (possibly)
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45. Neutron
46. Neutron
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51. Queen of the channel (possibly)
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56. Robert l vann
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61. Samvern (w part)
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65. Sperrbrecker no 141 (probably)
66. Torpilleur branlebas
67. U 11
68. Ub 13
69. Ub 29
70. Ub29
71. Vlaanderen (probably)
72. Wolf
73. Zeester

 

Name: ROBERT L VANN

Length 134.7 meter, width: 17.4 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 7176 ton

Cause: Mined off ostend between nf9 & nf7 buoys. passage antwerp for the thames.

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 13 meter

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H3435/45 N MAST IN 512256N 024704E. H01279/45 6.4.45 6.4.45 INS DW IN 512256N, 024709E, WITH G CAN LTBY GP.FL(2)G.10S CLOSE S.

- NM 996/45. H1883/45 18.4.45 AMEND TO ST WK WITH LEGEND (VIS ABOVE HW).

- NM 1097/45. H01279/45 8.8.45 AMEND POSN TO 512250N, 024706E.

- NM 2323/45. H3697/52 10.10.53 EXAM'D 27.8.53 IN 512250N, 024706E USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 49 IN GEN DEPTH 43-62FT. WK HAS BEEN DISPERSED AND CONSISTS OF A NUMBER OF ISOLATED PARTS, THE HIGHEST STANDING 13FT ABOVE SEABED. THERE IS A CONSIDERABLE CRATER WHOSE DEEPEST POINT IS 69FT BELOW DATUM. THE WHOLE LIES IN A NARROW VALLEY RUNNING APPROX NW/SE, BETWEEN RIDGES WHICH RISE TO 43FT BELOW DATUM CLOSE ON EITHER SIDE. AS TIDAL STREAMS RUN STRONGLY NE TO SW IT PROVED IMPOSSIBLE TO SWEEP WK. GREEN CAN BUOY LIES 275DEG 460YARDS FROM WK. (HMS SHACKLETON, 10.9.53). AMEND TO NDW, WITH G CAN BUOY CLOSE W.

- NM 2342/53. 7.5.68 AMEND WK 8FMS 1FT. LC 1610 & 1872. 22.5.72 AMEND 512250N, 024709 ON LC 1872. BUOY REMOVED FROM ALL CHARTS. 12.1.73 AMEND WK 15MTRS IN 512254N, 024710E [EUR]. NC 125. 11.12.74 SHOWN AS NDW ON BELGIAN 1 [SEPT 1974]. BR STD. 21.1.86 SHOWN AS WK 15.5MTRS IN 512254N, 024710E ON BELGIAN 101 [NC 1985]. BR STD. HH342/710/01 21.5.93 NOW SW 15MTRS IN 512252.5N, 024718.5E [EUR]. (OSTEND NM 09/94/93). 7.9.93 SW 15MTRS SHOWN ON NETH 3371 [1993 EDN]. BR STD. 29.10.93 SHOWN ON BELGIUM 101 [1993 EDN]. NCA. HH342/710/03 26.6.95 AMEND POSN FROM 512255N, 0247112E TO 512253N, 024719E [EUR]. (BELGIAN NM 12/113/95). NCA. HH342/700/01 13.3.97 NOW IN 512251.5N, 024717E [EUR]. (BELGIAN NM 5/69/97). BR STD. SEP 2010/000138707 14.10.10 SHOWN AS SW 14.9MTRS [LAT] IN 5122.811N, 0247.202E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 102 [NE 6.2010].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 22.811 N,2 47.202 E

 

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