This is the information page about the shipwreck Samvern (w part), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 22.734 N,3 4.439 E (51.6047167, 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.

 

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35. Neutron
36. Neutron
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39. Ra.2 (possibly)
40. Rijnstroom
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44. Samsip
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Name: SAMVERN (W PART)

Length 128.9 meter, width: 17.4 meter, draught: 10.7, tonnage 7219 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: Built in 1943. a libery 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: 5 meter

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H0619/45 17.2.45 DW (MAST) IN 512242N, 030418E. (NOIC OSTEND).

- NM 515/45. H01279/45 6.4.45 MARKED BY G CAN BUOY, GPFL(2)G10S, 175DEGS 1C FROM WK. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 966/45. H1883/45 18.4.45 AMENDED TO ST IN 512242N, 030418E. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 1097/45. H02608/45 29.5.45 NOW SHOWN AS STRANDED WK IN 512242N, 030423E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. H5371/46 21.11.46 NOW DW (MAST) IN 512242N, 030423E. (NETH NM 82/632/46).

- NM 3231/46. H5734/47 21.7.47 LEGEND (MAST) DELETED. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. H3765/47 27.8.47 LT BUOY DELETED. (BRUSSELS NM 267/47).

- NM 1850/47 H6028/53 8.10.53 WK STILL VISIBLE. AMENDED TO STRANDED WK. (SHACKLETON).

- NM 2342/53. H3697/52 14.5.54 NOW MARKED BY G CAN BUOY, GPFL(2)G10S. (OSTEND NM 8/51).

- NM 1115/54. H3697/52 8.10.55 AMENDED TO DW. WK NO LONGER VISIBLE. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).

- NM 2045/5. H1954/56 16.5.56 STRANDED WK SHOWN IN 512242N, 030423E, MARKED BY G BUOY, GPFL(2)G10S, ON NETH 203. BR STD. H5098/56 8.7.62 BUOY NOT SHOWN ON BELGIAN CHART. DELETE.

- NM 1645/62. H3697/52 15.12.62 AMENDED TO WK SW 1MTR [0FMS 3FT] IN 512245N, 030430E. (OSTEND NM 22/168/62).

- NM 2788/62. 16.5.77 WK SW 1MTR NOW SHOWN IN 512247N, 030431E ON BELGIAN SURVEY [K7718] OF 1976. BR STD. H2731/85 10.3.87 NOW SWEPT CLEAR AT 2.2MTRS [1FM 0FT] IN 512247N, 030430E. (OSTEND NM 143/86). BR STD. 5.3.90 AMENDED TO WK SW 1FM 1FT. BR STD. 7.2.91 NOW WK SW 2.2MTRS IN 512246N, 030431E [EUR]. (NETH WK RECORDS SEP'90 EDN, NO.S10 1329). BR STD. 31.5.07 SHOWN IN 5122.733N, 0304.420E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 101 [INT 1474] [JUN 2006 EDN LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 1874. SEP 2011/000061485 14.4.11 SHOWN AS SW 2.1MTRS [LAT] IN 5122.734N, 0304.439E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 104/11 [CORR TO 28.10.10].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: SEE ALSO SAMVERN (E PART) [27418]

Position: 51 22.734 N,3 4.439 E

 

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