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, 2.5103667)

 

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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-15 (possibly)
2. Apache
3. Ardmount
4. Auretta
5. Bourrasque
6. Bowsprite (bow section)
7. Bramden (possibly)
8. Breda
9. Clan macalister
10. Clan macneil (possibly)
11. Cmb 1
12. Cmb 71a
13. Dawdon
14. Dortmund
15. Douaisien (possibly)
16. Emeraude
17. Empire path
18. Etendard
19. Fennella
20. Fl5
21. Floride (probably)
22. G 96
23. Ganko
24. Harpalyce
25. Heinkel 111
26. Hm motor launch 561
27. Hms basilisk
28. Hms colsay
29. Hms gracie fields
30. Hms grafton
31. Hms grafton
32. Hms grenade
33. Hms keith
34. Hms king orry
35. Hms skipjack
36. Hms st abbs
37. Hms st achilleus (possibly)
38. Hms wakeful
39. Hms waverley
40. Hms whitley
41. Horst
42. Jaguar
43. John mahn
44. Kestrel
45. Keulse vaart iv
46. Kilmore
47. L'urtiga (possibly)
48. Laura
49. Lct(r) 457
50. Le copain d'abord
51. Lorina
52. Lorina (possibly)
53. Lst 420 (stern section)
54. M 3610
55. Marie
56. Mariner (possibly)
57. Maurice
58. Medee
59. Merlijn
60. Mona's queen
61. Nashaba
62. Nautica ena
63. P 319
64. Putten
65. Queen of the channel (possibly)
66. Quo vadis
67. R.93 (possibly)
68. Ra.2 (possibly)
69. Rijnstroom
70. Rita
71. Robert l vann
72. S 168
73. Sabrina
74. Saint camille
75. Sampa
76. Senator holthusen
77. Sigurds faulbaums
78. Sperrbrecker no 141 (probably)
79. St fagan
80. Sterre der zee
81. Toquet
82. Torpilleur branlebas
83. Trifels
84. Tringa
85. U 11
86. Ub 13
87. Ub 29
88. Ub29
89. Uc 1
90. V 201 (possibly)
91. Vlaanderen (probably)
92. West-hinder
93. Wielingen ii (possibly)
94. Wielingen ltv
95. Wolf
96. 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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