This is the information page about the shipwreck Schokland, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 8.317 N,2 10.618 W (49.082333333333, -2.3431666666667)

 

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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. Agenoria
2. Altair
3. Ambassadrice
4. Amelia de llano
5. Amiable lucitte
6. Antoxo
7. Armande
8. Arnold maersk
9. Aviemore
10. Balance
11. Barunga
12. Beaverburn
13. Beaverburn (probably)
14. Bizon (possibly)
15. Bizon (probably)
16. Brockley combe
17. Ciscar
18. Commerce
19. Cote ouest
20. Courier
21. Cuo
22. Diament
23. Dora
24. Echo
25. Empire toucan
26. Estornino
27. Fils du vent
28. Fink
29. Flamer
30. Francis
31. Fulbore iii
32. Gabrielle
33. Gulnare
34. Guyona
35. Heron
36. Hms ashanti (bow section)
37. Hms ashanti (stern section)
38. Hms determinee (ex la determinee)
39. Hms rapid
40. Hms severn
41. Isis
42. James
43. Jeanne marie
44. Joseph and margaret
45. Kathleen
46. Kromwyk
47. L'idefix
48. La blainvillaise
49. La josephine
50. La mauve
51. Le cap
52. Le poilu
53. Le squale
54. Leastilien
55. Lili joli
56. Louise
57. Lynwood
58. M 343 (possibly)
59. M 343 (probably)
60. M'as tu vu
61. Marie galante
62. Matelda
63. Megazan
64. Molares alvarez
65. Nathan jerome
66. Neptunia
67. Normandy
68. Olivegrove
69. Olway
70. Orphee
71. Pap 1
72. Pap 2
73. Pap 3
74. Peter paul
75. Petite anna
76. Prima
77. Princess ena
78. Raffio
79. Ribbledale
80. Rossgull
81. Saint louis
82. Sarcelle
83. Sarmatia
84. Schelde
85. Schokland
86. Silvonia
87. Sneaton
88. Songa (possibly)
89. Storesand
90. Sultan star
91. Susan k
92. Swift
93. Switha
94. Thrasyvoulos
95. Uss pt 509
96. Venus
97. Voorwaarts
98. Wonder

 

Name: SCHOKLAND

Length 68.6 meter, tonnage 1113 ton
Load: construction materials,cement,metal: concentrate and products

Cause: struck a rock & sank. (raf laarbruch s.a.c.). built 1915 in rotterdam with triple expansion engine capable of 10knots, schooner rigged with single tall funnel. commandeered by germans armed with 2 anti-aircraft guns, & used for carrying military cargo and troops between st malo and channel islands. at time of loss vessel was carrying 284 troops & 26 crew, and other female passengers including nurses. vessel struck rocks, les grunes vaudin, on leaving st helier. 110 german soldiers lost. (diver magazine nov '10)

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 22 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 20170629

Details measurements/cartography: H2769/45 22.6.45 DW 192DEGS 1.63M FROM NOIRMONT POINT. 2 MASTS DRYING 8FT. (C-IN-C PLYMOUTH). INS AS DW MASTS (DRY 8FT).

- NM 1722/45. H2501/60 22.12.60 INS AS DW. NE 2675. H2769/45 27.7.61 SWEPT CLEAR 34FT, FOUL 35FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 34FT IN GEN DEPTH 72FT. NO SCOUR. WK ABOUT 275FT LONG. LYING E/W. (FSL MEDA 14.6.61). AMEND TO WK 5FMS 4FT.

- NM 1641/61. H2501/60 1.6.66 AMEND TO WK SW 5FMS 4FT. NC 62 & 810. H3502/60 16.12.66 AMEND TO WK SW 5FMS 3FT. NC 3367. H4647/68 20.10.69 POSN 490822N, 021030W [EUR]. WK LIES WITH BOWS APPROX WNW IN AN UPRIGHT POSN WITH LITTLE DAMAGE TO THE HULL APART FROM A DENT IN STERN AND A 15-20FT GAP IN THE STARBOARD FORWARD SECTION, BUT DUE TO GRAVEL THIS CANNOT BE SEEN. ALL THE SUPERSTRUCTURE HAS BEEN DAMAGED AND ONLY MAJOR STRUCTURAL SECTIONS REMAIN [DAVITS, STEEL GIRDERS, FRAMEWORK ETC]. ALL WOOD AND BRIDGE GONE. GERMANS, DURING WW2, REMOVED MATERIAL & GUNS FROM STERN HOLD. FORWARD HOLD STILL CONTAINS CEMENT BAGS STACKED IN ROWS & NO.2 HOLD CONTAINS STEEL GIRDERS. PROP IS IRON. (T A TITTERINGTON, 16.10.69). H3535/71 AMENDED TO WK SW 10.1MTRS. NC 1137. H3635/71 25.2.72 BOUGHT BY T A TITTERINGTON. (LTR, 22.2.72). H5055/75 11.11.75 FIXED IN 490836N, 021039W [EUR] USING DECCA & HSA. WK LIES UPRIGHT WITH LITTLE DAMAGE TO HULL. A 30FT GAP IN STARBOARD SECTION IS BEING SCOURED OUT BY SEA EROSION & EXPOSING INNER DECK STRUCTURES FORWARD. DAVIT & LOWER REGIONS OF BRIDGE SUPERSTRUCTURE STILL INTACT, BUT COLLAPSE ONTO UPPER DECK & HOLDS IF FORCED MANUALLY. STERN SECTION WITH STEEL SCREW INTACT. APPEARS TO BE SLIGHT DAMAGE PORT SIDE AFT BUT NO SPLITTING OF THE MAIN HULL PLATES APPARENT. CEMENT BAGS & STEEL GIRDERS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN THE CARGO WHEN SUNK. APPROX DEPTH 9FMS AT LW. SEABED SAND & SHINGLE. (PLYMOUTH CMD, CDT REPORT DTD 3.11.75). AMEND POSN. BR STD. H3801/78 1.9.78 LOCATED IN 490823N, 021031W [EUR] USING HSA. VIRTUALLY INTACT. APPROX 84MTRS LONG. LIES E/W, BOWS W. UPRIGHT. SOME SUPERSTRUCTURE HAS BEEN REMOVED. GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. (RAF LAARBRUCH SAC EXPEDITION, JUNE 1978). AMEND POSN.

- NM 2344/78. 19.6.86 SS SCHOCKLAND IN PA 490823.2N, 021028.3W [EUR]. LEAST DEPTH 10.0 MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 20 MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1984). NCA. 13.5.04 WGD POSN: 4908.323N, 0210.597W. NE 1137. 19.10.10 BOW NOW CRUMBLING, BUT ANCHOR WINCH AND ANCHORS STILL IN PLACE. LARGE CARGO WINCH IN FRONT OF FORWARD HOLD, THE LOWER PART OF WHICH IS PACKED WITH BAGGED CEMENT. HULL ROTTING & CAVING IN BETWEEN RIBS. 2ND HOLD ALSO CARRIES BAGGED CEMENT. MAST HANGS OVER PORT SIDE. WHEELHOUSE & SUPERSTRUCTURE COLLAPSED INTO BUNKER SPACE. BEHIND THE 2 BOILERS WRECK HAS BROKEN UP TO REVEAL THE TRIPLE EXPANSION STEAM ENGINE. PROPELLER ALMOST BURIED IN SAND. DRWAING & PHOTOS. (DIVER MAGAZINE, NOV '10) SEP 2016/000096769 24.3.17 EXAM'D 2016; IN 4908.317N, 0210.618W [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 12.27MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. LENGTH 70.28MTRS, WIDTH 12.06MTRS, HEIGHT 9.91MTRS, ORIENTATION 090/270 DEGS. DEBRIS FIELD 12MTRS, TOWARDS 135/315DEGS. (HMSML GLEANER, SNT 01/16). AMEND DW 12.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2017/000097793 3.7.18 EXAM'D 29.06.17; WK LOCATED IN 4908.317N, 0210.618W [WGD]. LEAST WCD DEPTH 13.17MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS, LENGTH 70.26MTRS, WIDTH 12.05MTRS, HEIGHT 9.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 090/270 DEGS. SS SCHOKLAND REMAINS INTACT, WITH NO CONSIDERABLE CHANGES TO THE WRECK AND DEBRIS. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1540). AMEND DW 13.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 8.317 N,2 10.618 W

 

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