This is the information page about the shipwreck Sperrbrecker no 141 (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 17.7 N,2 49.622 E (51.3816333, 2.6202333)

 

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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. "t" vliegent hart
2. A-15 (possibly)
3. Apache
4. Ardmount
5. Auretta
6. Bourrasque
7. Bowsprite (bow section)
8. Cmb 1
9. Cmb 71a
10. Dawdon
11. Dortmund
12. Emeraude
13. Empire path
14. Fl5
15. G 96
16. Heinkel 111
17. Hm motor launch 561
18. Hms basilisk
19. Hms brilliant
20. Hms colsay
21. Hms gracie fields
22. Hms grafton
23. Hms grafton
24. Hms plumpton (probably)
25. Hms sirius
26. Hms st achilleus (possibly)
27. Hms wakeful
28. Hms waverley
29. Hms whitley
30. Jeannine andre
31. John mahn
32. Keulse vaart iv
33. Lct(r) 457
34. Lst 420 (stern section)
35. Lst 80
36. M 3610
37. Marie
38. Maurice
39. Mont louis
40. Nashaba
41. Nautica ena
42. Neutron
43. Neutron
44. Nippon
45. P 319
46. Putten
47. Queen of the channel (possibly)
48. Quo vadis
49. Ra.2 (possibly)
50. Rijnstroom
51. Rita
52. Robert l vann
53. S 168
54. Sabrina
55. Sampa
56. Samsip
57. Samvern (w part)
58. Senator holthusen
59. Sigurds faulbaums
60. Slera ventana
61. Sperrbrecker no 141 (probably)
62. Torpilleur branlebas
63. U 11
64. Ub 13
65. Ub 29
66. Ub29

 

Name: SPERRBRECKER NO 141 (PROBABLY)

Length 51.2 meter, width: 7.6 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 465 ton

Cause: Ex dutch coaster mv lies. mined while on passage ostend for antwerp.

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 11 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK OFF OOSTENDE. (GERMAN SURFACE VESSELS, VOL 2). H4489/76 8.11.85 WK, SWEPT CLEAR AT 7.3MTRS, LOCATED IN 511745N, 024949E. (OSTEND NM 121/85) POSSIBLY THE A-15. R/S. H1310/88 10.6.88 WK APPEARS TO BE THAT OF A GERMAN 'SPERRBRECHER' (MINE-SWEEPER). LIES WITH 45DEG LIST TO PORT AND HEADING W. 50MM FRENCH AMMUNITION, MARKED 19 35, HAS BEEN FOUND ON DECKING. BELL, MARKED 'ELLALINE - 1906 - CARDIFF', RECOVERED NEAR THE WINCH, BUT THIS IS THOUGHT TO HAVE NO BEARING ON IDENTITY OF THE WK. LEAST DEPTH IS ABOUT 7MTRS AND THERE IS A DEEP SCOUR [16.5MTRS] NEAR THE BOW. (D TERMOTE, 15.5.88). H1310/88 12.9.88 AFTER FURTHER EXAMINATION IN GOOD VISIBILITY EARLY IN AUGUST, THOUGHT PROBABLY TO BE WK OF SPERRBRECKER NO. 141 (EX MV LIES). (D TERMOTE, 12.8.88). DETAILED DESCRIPTION GIVEN. HH100/351/01 11.8.89 SPERRBRECHER 141 SANK IN 511730N, 025812E APPROX. (R VERPOORTE, 9.5.89) NCA. 4.12.91 SHOWN IN 511745N, 024942E [EUR] ON NETHERLANDS 101 [CORRECT TO 487/91]. POSN GIVEN AS 511748N, 024949E [EUR]. (NETHERLANDS WK RECORDS, 1990 EDN, WK NO.R15 2592). NCA. 1.11.96 SHOWN AS SW 7.3MTRS [MLS] IN 511745N, 024937E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 102 REPROMAT MAY'96. NC 1873 [MLS] NOW LARGEST SCALE. 17.12.02 SHOWN IN 5117.700N, 0249.620E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 101 [INT 1474] [2002 EDN, ADOPTION]. NE 1874. SEP 2010/000138707 15.10.10 SHOWN AS SW 7.2MTRS [LAT] IN 5117.700N, 0249.622E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 102 [NE 6.10, 1:60,000].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 17.7 N,2 49.622 E

 

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