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 (51.381633333333, 2.6202333333333)

 

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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 10 (possibly)
3. A-15 (possibly)
4. Aloha
5. Anton hammerbacher
6. Apache
7. Ardmount
8. Auretta
9. Bourrasque
10. Bowsprite (bow section)
11. Bowsprite (bow section)
12. Charles d mciver
13. Cmb 1
14. Cmb 71a
15. Croxteth hall
16. Dawdon
17. Dortmund
18. Eleftheria
19. Emeraude
20. Empire path
21. Fl5
22. Francis asbury
23. G 96
24. Gold shell
25. Heinkel 111
26. Hm motor launch 561
27. Hms basilisk
28. Hms brilliant
29. Hms colsay
30. Hms gracie fields
31. Hms grafton
32. Hms grafton
33. Hms hayburn wyke
34. Hms maori
35. Hms plumpton (probably)
36. Hms polly johnson
37. Hms sirius
38. Hms st achilleus (possibly)
39. Hms wakeful
40. Hms waverley
41. Hms whitley
42. Hoop op vrede (n 741)
43. Jeannine andre
44. John mahn
45. Kap arkona
46. Keulse vaart iv
47. Kompas
48. Lct(r) 457
49. Lst 420 (bow section)
50. Lst 420 (stern section)
51. Lst 80
52. Lucy jenny ii
53. M 3610
54. Marie
55. Marie
56. Maurice
57. Mont louis
58. Msc alyssa
59. Nashaba
60. Nautica ena
61. Neutron
62. Neutron
63. Nippon
64. P 319
65. Putten
66. Queen of the channel (possibly)
67. Quo vadis
68. Ra.2 (possibly)
69. Rijnstroom
70. Rita
71. Robert l vann
72. Robert-clara
73. S 168
74. S 220
75. S.192 (possibly)
76. Sabrina
77. Saint therese de jesus
78. Sampa
79. Samselbu (after part)
80. Samsip
81. Samvern (e part)
82. Samvern (w part)
83. Senator holthusen
84. Senator sthamer
85. Sigurds faulbaums
86. Slera ventana
87. Sperrbrecher 170 (probably)
88. Sperrbrecker no 141 (probably)
89. Torpilleur branlebas
90. U 11
91. Ub 13
92. 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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