This is the information page about the shipwreck Senator holthusen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 19.7 N,2 49.305 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: SENATOR HOLTHUSEN
Length 36 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 232 ton
Cause: Ex-egon vidal. mined.
Year of registration: 1919
Water depth above wreck: 14 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm
Known since: 1969, last detected: 2023
Details measurements/cartography: H216/19 4.11.19 POSN 511936N, 025018E. (GERMAN WAR NOTICE) INS WK [OLD SYMBOL]. BA 324. 1925 NOW CHARTED AS DW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) H8932/31 4.1.32 NOT SHOWN ON SURVEY [E3514]. DELETE FROM ALL CHARTS. H2119/58 18.7.69 SW 8.3MTRS IN 511945N, 024924E. (BELGIAN NM 108/69). INS AS SW 4FMS 3FT.
- NM 1183/69. H2119/58 27.10.69 INS ON 1406.
- NM 1728/69. 12.1.73 AMEND SW 8.3MTRS. NC 125. H1310/88/28 17.6.88 WK, OR WKS, LYING N/S. THOUGHT TO BE A TORPEDO VICTIM AND, AS LOCAL FISHERMEN STATE, WAS HIT BY A LARGE STEAM TRAWLER, IN THICK FOG, WHICH ALSO SANK. LEAST DEPTH IS NOW 11MTRS AND A SCOUR, 1.5MTRS DEEP, IS TO BE FOUND TO THE W OF THE WK. (D TERMOTE, 15.5.88). NCA. H1545/64 27.6.88 NOW SW 10.8MTRS IN 511945N, 024923E [EUR]. (OSTEND NM 11/89/88).
- NM 2111/88. H1310/88/43 12.9.88 IDENTIFIED AS WK OF S TRAWLER SENATOR HOLTHUSEN. BELL RECOVERED WITH NAME 'EGON VIDAL', A PREVIOUS NAME OF THIS VESSEL. LIES UPRIGHT AND PROTRUDES ONLY ABOUT 1.5MTRS ABOVE HARD SANDY SEABED. METAL IS NOW VERY FRAGILE AND BREAKS OFF EASILY. (D TERMOTE, 12.8.88). SEP 2010/000138707 15.10.10 SHOWN AS SW 10.7MTRS [LAT] IN 5119.700N, 0249.305E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 102 [NE 6.10, 1:60,000].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, ALMOST BURIED
Position: 51 19.7 N,2 49.305 E