This is the information page about the shipwreck Sperrbrecher 171 (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 58.575 N,1 45.42 E (51.0898333, 1.7715833)
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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 171 (POSSIBLY)
Length 69.5 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 1025 ton
Cause: Ex 'jason' - requisitioned by kreigsmarine in 1940. mined near calais. (r verpoorte).
Year of registration: 1942
Water depth above wreck: 14 meter
Known since: 1942, last detected: 2020
Details measurements/cartography: H1270/86 3.2.86 WK 12.2MTRS SHOWN IN 505837N, 014530E ON FR 6651 [1985 EDN]. HH100/351/01 8.6.89 'SPERRBRECHER 171' SANK IN 505824N, 014530E APPROX. (R VERPOORTE, 9.5.89). NCA. 29.10.97 SHOWN IN 505837.5N, 014530E [EUR] ON FR 7258 [INT 1483] [1997 EDN]. NC 1351.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UK NM 3912/20
Position: 50 58.575 N,1 45.42 E