This is the information page about the shipwreck Samselbu (after part), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 22.901 N,3 8.021 E (51.604716666667, 3.38255)
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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: SAMSELBU (AFTER PART)
Length 134.7 meter, width: 17.4 meter, draught: 11.3, tonnage 7253 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: mined whilst on passage antwerp to the thames. (ww2sl, llww2)
Year of registration: 1945
Water depth above wreck: 8 meter
Known since: 1945, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: H01729/45 3.5.45 ST, DRIES 10FT, IN 512256N, 030756E, WITH G CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G.10S. (ADMIRALTY)
- NM 1258/45. H5371/46 9.9.46 NOW STATED TO BE DW. (NETHERLANDS NM 632 & 649/46)
- NM 3231/46. H5734/46 4.10.46 NOW STATED TO BE DW (MAST). (NETHERLANDS NM 86/662/46)
- NM 3374/46. H5371/46 21.11.46 STATED TO BE ST. (NETHERLANDS NM 92/722/46)
- NM 3480/46. 13.10.48 SHOWN AS WK 6MTRS [3FMS 1FT] ON SURVEY [E8277]. LC 325. H3697/52 11.9.53 BEING SURVEYED. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) NCA. H3697/52 10.10.53 LEAST DEPTH NOW 4FMS 1FT, MARKED BY G CAN BUOY, GPFL(2)G.10S. (HMS SHACKLETON)
- NM 2342/53. H3697/52 4.11.55 BUOY MOVED 1M SW OF WK. (OSTEND NM 20/94/55)
- NM 2668/55. 10.12.55 NOW STATED TO BE NDW, & BUOY REMOVED. (BELGIAN HYDRO)
- NM 2941/55. 18.10.56 NOW CHARTED IN 512251N, 030806E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) NE 325. H3199/74 17.6.74 SHOWN AS F IN 512251N, 030806E ON BELGIAN 7 SHEET 12. NCA. 7.2.91 NO NAME GIVEN, NDW IN 512257N, 030806E [EUR]. (NETHERLANDS WK RECORDS, SEP'90 EDN, NO.S10 1336) BR STD. 22.11.99 SHOWN AS FOUL ON BELGIAN D11 [ 1998 EDN]. NE 1872 [PREVIOUSLY SHOWN AS F ON NC PUBLISHED 1997]. 17.12.02 SHOWN IN 5122.901N, 0308.021E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 101 [INT 1474] [2002 EDN, ADOPTION]. NE 1874.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 22.901 N,3 8.021 E