This is the information page about the shipwreck Sampa, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 24.234 N,2 53.121 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: SAMPA
Length 128.9 meter, width: 17.4 meter, draught: 10.7, tonnage 7219 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: Mined in convoy with a loss of 16 lives.
Year of registration: 1945
Water depth above wreck: 11 meter
Known since: 1945, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: H01279/45 6.4.45 DWPA IN 512412N, 024800E, MARKED BY G CAN BUOY GP.FL(2)G.10S. (ADMIRALTY).
- NM 966/45. H02608/45 29.5.45 2 MASTS VISIBLE IN 512416N, 025306E, MARKED BY BUOY. AMEND POSN. BR STD. H01279/45 8.8.45 REPEATED. (ADMIRALTY). H01279/45 8.8.45 AMEND TO DW (2 MASTS) IN 512416N, 025306E, WITH GP FL(2)G, 10S, BUOY, CLOSE E OF WRECK.
- NM 2323/45. H3697/52 10.12.55 AMEND TO WK 5.5 MTRS, MARKED BY SAME BUOY. (HAGUE NM 252/3439/55). AMEND TO WK 3FMS, G CAN BUOY GPFL(2)G 10SEC.
- NM 2942/55. H3697/52 22.5.58 BUOY HAS DISAPPEARED. (OSTEND DBZ 20/58). NCA YET. H3697/52 15.5.62 SALVAGE OPERATIONS. (OSTEND NM 8/67(T)/62). NCA. H3697/52 14.11.62 AMEND TO SW 14.6 MTRS & DELETE BUOY. (OSTEND NM 21/161/62). AMEND SW 8FMS, DELETE BUOY.
- NM 2446/62. 12.1.73 SW 15.0 MTRS SHOWN ON BELGIAN 101. NC 125. POSN: 512417N, 025313E [EUR]. (NETHERLAND WK RECORDS). HH342/700/01 13.3.97 NOW IN 512415N, 025314E [EUR]. (BELGIAN NM 5/69/97). BR STD. SEP 2010/000138707 14.10.10 SHOWN AS SW 14.9MTRS [LAT] IN 5124.234N, 0253.121E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 102 [NE 1.6.10].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 24.234 N,2 53.121 E