This is the information page about the shipwreck Sigurds faulbaums, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 20.101 N,2 36.987 E (51.1325, 2.5103666666667)

 

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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. A 10 (possibly)
2. A-15 (possibly)
3. Aloha
4. Anton hammerbacher
5. Apache
6. Ardmount
7. Auretta
8. Bourrasque
9. Bowsprite (bow section)
10. Bowsprite (bow section)
11. Bramden (possibly)
12. Breda
13. Calypso
14. Clan macalister
15. Clan macneil (possibly)
16. Cmb 1
17. Cmb 71a
18. Dageraad
19. Dawdon
20. De wandilaar
21. Dortmund
22. Douaisien (possibly)
23. Ely
24. Emeraude
25. Empire path
26. Etendard
27. Fenella (possibly)
28. Fennella
29. Fl5
30. Floride (probably)
31. G 96
32. Ganko
33. Gold shell
34. Halo (probably)
35. Harpalyce
36. Heinkel 111
37. Hm motor launch 561
38. Hms basilisk
39. Hms colsay
40. Hms gracie fields
41. Hms grafton
42. Hms grafton
43. Hms grenade
44. Hms hayburn wyke
45. Hms keith
46. Hms king orry
47. Hms polly johnson
48. Hms skipjack
49. Hms st abbs
50. Hms st achilleus (possibly)
51. Hms wakeful
52. Hms waverley
53. Hms whitley
54. Hoop op vrede (n 741)
55. Horst
56. Jaguar
57. John mahn
58. Kap arkona
59. Kestrel
60. Keulse vaart iv
61. Kilmore
62. L'urtiga (possibly)
63. Laura
64. Lct(r) 457
65. Le copain d'abord
66. Lorina
67. Lorina (possibly)
68. Lst 420 (bow section)
69. Lst 420 (stern section)
70. Lucy jenny ii
71. M 3610
72. Marie
73. Marie
74. Mariner (possibly)
75. Maurice
76. Medee
77. Merlijn
78. Mona's queen
79. Msc alyssa
80. Nashaba
81. Nautica ena
82. P 319
83. Putten
84. Queen of the channel (possibly)
85. Quo vadis
86. R.93 (possibly)
87. Ra.2 (possibly)
88. Rijnstroom
89. Rita
90. Robert l vann
91. Robert-clara
92. S 168
93. S 220
94. S.192 (possibly)
95. Sabrina
96. Saint camille
97. Saint therese de jesus
98. Sampa
99. Sea hunter
100. Senator holthusen
101. Sigurds faulbaums
102. Sperrbrecher 170 (probably)
103. Sperrbrecker no 141 (probably)
104. St fagan
105. Sterre der zee
106. Toquet
107. Torpilleur branlebas
108. Trifels
109. Tringa
110. U 11
111. Ub 13
112. Ub29
113. Uc 1
114. V 201 (possibly)
115. Vlaanderen (probably)
116. West-hinder
117. Wielingen ii (possibly)
118. Wielingen ltv
119. Wolf
120. Zeester

 

Name: SIGURDS FAULBAUMS

Length 100.9 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 3256 ton
Load: metal: concentrate and products

Cause: 29.5.40 built by j blumer & co. owned at time of loss by the german govenment. formerly latvian ss. seized by germans. triple expansion engine of 303nhp. torpedoed by british submarine 29.5.40 off ostend. (dods). german ss sunk by german submarine u 9 when on passage to england as british prize. (axis sub. successes 1939-45).

Year of registration: 1972

Water depth above wreck: 16 meter, Height above seabed: 72 cm

Known since: 1972, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H2500/72 23.3.72 LARGE WK LOCATED IN 512014N, 023640E USING DECCA. LYING IN TWO PARTS. (GPO/KH SURVEY, 1971, K6349/4-20). HAGUE NM 1744/72 REFERS. INS AS DW.

- NM 947/72. H2500/72 27.10.72 NOW SW 13MTRS IN 512001N, 023708E [EUR]. (OSTEND NM 140/72). AMEND SW 7FMS 1FT.

- NM 2093/72. 12.1.73 AMEND SW 13MTRS. NC 125. H2500/72 22.6.73 SALVAGE OPS IN HAND. BUOY LAID. (OSTEND NM 103(T)/73). NCA. H2500/72 12.2.74 SALVAGE OPERATIONS COMPLETED AND WK BUOY REMOVED. (OSTEND NM 178/73). NCA. 18.12.85 SHOWN AS SW 13MTRS ON BELGIAN 11 IN 512006N, 023708E [EUR]. BR STD. H2731/85 10.3.87 NOW SW 12.6MTRS IN 512009N, 023704E [EUR]. (OSTEND NM 143/86).

- NM 987/87. H1310/88/25 2.4.88 DIVED ON IN 512006N, 023641E. (P FABIEN, 2.4.88). NCA. 4.5.88 NAMED SIGURD FAULBAUM IN BELGIAN WK LIST [1986]. 6.12.06 SHOWN IN 5120.100N, 0236.89E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 102 [INT 1480] [JUN '06 EDN, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 1873. 27.6.07 THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY NAMED AS THE 'ANGLET' & 'NORDEFLINGE'. CAPTURED BY THE BELGIAN NAVY WHEN HAVING 'MOTOR TROUBLE' - DATE NOT STATED. KNOWN AS THE 'LEAD WRECK' DUE TO THE NUMBER OF LEAD BARS THAT HAVE BEEN RECOVERED. (GEORGE ROSE, E-MAIL DTD 26.6.07). SEP 2010/000138707 15.10.10 SHOWN AS SW 12.5MTRS [LAT] IN 5120.101N, 0236.987E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 102 [NE 6.10, 1:60,000].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 20.101 N,2 36.987 E

 

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