This is the information page about the shipwreck South america, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 55.62 N,3 58.51 E (52.0252833, 4.0856167)

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.

Name: SOUTH AMERICA

Length 134.6 meter, width: 17.4 meter, draught: 7.7, tonnage 5361 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid

Cause: Built in 1947 by short bros. owned at time of loss by empire shipping corporation. passage chimbote, peru, for rostock. cargo fish meal. a fierce fire broke out in no 4 hold after the cargo was reported to be overheating. vessel largely abandoned and taken in tow. during the night of 12 feb the fire became so intense that the tugs were forced to back away as the vessel was covered from stem to stern with flames. two days later they put the vessel aground on maasvlakte. an inspection on 21 feb showed the wk to be still smouldering with all holds and the engine and boiler rooms flooded. the shell plating was badly buckled and the whole vessel fire gutted. in the next few weeks the wk broke into three sections in heavy seas. abandoned as ctl.

Year of registration: 1966

Water depth above wreck: 6 meter

Known since: 1966, last detected: 2022

Details measurements/cartography: H2701/66 21.7.66 ST IN 515540N, 035833E. (HAGUE NM 2088/66).

- NM 1347/66. H2701/66 7.4.67 NOW DW. (HAGUE NM 721/67).

- NM 702/67. H2701/66 11.5.67 WK MARKED BY G CAN BUOY 2 TRIANGULAR TOPMARKS APEX TO APEX BEARING 292.5 DEGS 1.5C FM WK. (HAGUE NM 1046/67).

- NM 936/67. HH340/530/07 24.7.02 NOW WK 2.5MTRS IN 5155.62N, 0358.51E [WGD]. (NETHERLANDS NM 28/362/02).

- NM 3912/02. HH340/530/07 20.11.02 NETHERLANDS NM 28/362/02 RE-ISSUED FOR CHART 2322. (NETHERLANDS NM 37/474/02).

- NM 60/03. HH340/530/07 17.2.03 ACTION AT NM 3912/02 INCORRECT. AMEND TO WK USC 2.5MTRS.

- NM 1412/03. 14.9.07 SHOWN AS WK USC 2.3MTRS WITH BUOY ON NETHERLANDS 110 [2007 EDN CO-PRODUCTION]. NE 110. 12.9.08 SHOWN AS WK USC 2.3MTRS [LAT], MARKED BY UNLIT W CARD PILLAR LT BUOY, 'S.AM', 1.5C WNW ON NETHERLANDS NM BLOCK 37/410/08.

- NM 5658/08. SEP 2011/000014946 25.1.11 BUOY DELETED. (NETH NM 3/55/11).

- NM 606/11.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 55.62 N,3 58.51 E

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