This is the information page about the shipwreck Samvern (e part), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 23.401 N,3 6.796 E (51.604716666667, 3.38255)

 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, 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.

 

1. "t" vliegent hart
2. A 10 (possibly)
3. Admiralengracht
4. Anna catharina
5. Anton hammerbacher
6. Ardmount
7. Auretta
8. Charles d mciver
9. Childwall (possibly)
10. Christiaan huygens
11. Cmb 1
12. Croxteth hall
13. Eleftheria
14. Emeraude
15. Empire blessing
16. Empire path
17. Fort maisonneuve
18. Foscolo
19. Francis asbury
20. Frigg (possibly)
21. G 88
22. Garonne
23. Gold shell
24. Gorm
25. Grauw
26. Greta dania
27. Heinkel 111
28. Hm motor launch 561
29. Hmmms 257
30. Hms brilliant
31. Hms grafton
32. Hms hayburn wyke
33. Hms maori
34. Hms plumpton (probably)
35. Hms sirius
36. Hoop op vrede (n 741)
37. Jeannine andre
38. Kompas
39. Loodsboot 14
40. Lookout
41. Lst 80
42. M 3231 (possibly)
43. M 3610
44. Magne
45. Marie
46. Maurice
47. Meerkerk
48. Mont louis
49. Mts vector
50. Nashaba
51. Nautica ena
52. Neutron
53. Neutron
54. Nippon
55. Prangehof
56. Putten
57. Ra.2 (possibly)
58. Rijnstroom
59. S 220
60. S.192 (possibly)
61. Sampa
62. Samselbu (after part)
63. Samselbu (fwd part)
64. Samsip
65. Samvern (e part)
66. Samvern (w part)
67. Santos
68. Segre
69. Senator holthusen
70. Senator sthamer
71. Slera ventana
72. Sperrbrecher 170 (probably)
73. Sperrbrecker no 141 (probably)
74. Steel traveler
75. Tojaro
76. Tuskar ii
77. U 11
78. Ub 13
79. Ub 20 (possibly)
80. Uc 14
81. V 1405 (possibly)
82. Zuidpool

 

Name: SAMVERN (E PART)

Length 128.6 meter, width: 17.4 meter, draught: 10.7, tonnage 7219 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1943. a liberty ship. owned at time of loss by william thompson & co. passage antwerp for london. struck a mine & sank off the belgian coast whilst in convoy as a ministry of war transport vessel. (ww2sl, dods, ll ww2).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 9 meter

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H0619/45 17.2.45 DW (MAST) IN 512345N, 030648E. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 515/45. H0619/45 6.4.45 POSN AMENDED TO 512321N, 030718E. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 966/45. H02608/45 29.5.45 POSN NOW 512325N, 030655E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD H3697/52 4.11.55 STATED TO BE NDW. (OSTEND NM 20/94/55).

- NM 2668/55. H3697/52 10.12.55 AMENDED TO DW (MAST), MARKED BY G CAN BUOY, GPFL(2)G10S. (BELGIAN HYDRO).

- NM 2941/55. H1954/56 16.5.56 SHOWN AS SW 1.5MTRS [0FMS 5FT], WITH BUOY ON NETH 203. BR STD. H5098/56 14.12.56 AMENDED TO WK 0.75FMS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).

- NM 3109/56. H5098/56 29.5.61 CONFIRMATION OF THE ABOVE.

- NM 1127/61. H5098/56 8.8.62 RAREFL FITTED TO BUOY. (OSTEND NM 13/99/62).

- NM 1645/62. H5098/56 22.8.62 CLEARANCE OVER WK 2MTRS. (OSTEND NM 16/123/62). NCA. H3697/52 15.5.63 SALVAGE OPS. (OSTEND TNM 7/49/63). NCA. H3697/52 21.8.63 SALVAGE OPS, 4 BUOYS LAID. (OSTEND TNM 12/113/63). NCA YET. H5098/56 21.2.64 AMENDED TO NDW. (OSTEND NM 25/218/63).

- NM 288/64. H3199/74 17.6.74 SHOWN AS FOUL ON BELGIAN 7 SHEET 12. BR STD. 17.9.76 SHOWN AS NDW ON BELGIAN 8 & 11. BR STD. 6.2.91 NOW NDW IN 512327N, 030652.5E [EUR]. (NETH WK RECORDS SEP'90 EDN, NO.S10 1334). NCA. 20.7.93 FOUL SHOWN IN 512327N, 030648E ON BELGIUM 104/12 [1993 EDN]. BR STD. 31.5.07 SHOWN IN 5123.40N, 0306.79E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 101 [INT 1474] [JUN 2006 EDN LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 1874.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: SEE ALSO SAMVERN (W PART) [27402]

Position: 51 23.401 N,3 6.796 E

 

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