This is the information page about the shipwreck Sperrbrecher 170 (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 15.07 N,2 51.821 E (51.381633333333, 2.6202333333333)
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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: SPERRBRECHER 170 (PROBABLY)
Length 78.9 meter, width: 12.5 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1598 ton
Cause: ex-maria s muller. commissioned in german navy as auxillary minesweeper - sperrbrecher 70. mined off ostend. (ww2 navies - german surface ships vol 2). was renamed sperrbrecher 170 before being sunk. (r verpoorte).
Year of registration: 1986
Water depth above wreck: 8 meter
Known since: 1986, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: 21.1.86 NDW SHOWN IN 511508N, 025115E [EUR] ON BELGIAN 101 [1985 EDN]. BR STD. H1310/88/28 20.6.88 THOUGHT POSSIBLY TO BE WK OF GERMAN SPERRBRECHER MARIA S MULLER. HAS BEEN PARTLY SALVAGED. (D TERMOTE, 15.5.88). HH100/351/01 10.8.89 SANK IN 511512N, 025200E, APPROX. (R VERPOORTE). 18.6.93 POSN NOW SHOWN AS FOUL ON BELGIUM 101 & 102 [1992 EDN]. BR STD. HH342/700/01 13.3.97 NOW IN 511507N, 025154E [EUR]. (BELGIAN NM 5/69/97). BR STD. SEP 2010/000138707 18.10.10 SHOWN IN 5115.070N, 0251.821E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 102 [NE 1.6.10, 1:60,000].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: PARTLY SALVAGED
Position: 51 15.07 N,2 51.821 E