This is the information page about the shipwreck Spolanda, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 46.667 N,1 56.084 W (49.686983333333, -1.6523333333333)
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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: SPOLANDA
Length 61.6 meter, width: 9.4 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 500 ton
Cause: owned at time of loss by dammers & van der heide's scheepvaart & handelsbedrijf n.v. passage st malo for rotterdam. sank following a collision with belgian mv bruges. (msd).
Year of registration: 1965
Water depth above wreck: 61 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm
Known since: 1965, last detected: 2017
Details measurements/cartography: H3502/60 31.3.69 SANK IN ABOUT 40FMS, 3M N OF CAP DE LA HAGUE. (LL, AUG 1965). NCA. H4984/74 6.4.78 WK, NOT DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION, IN 494700N, 015605W [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 78 06 34). BR STD. H1271/82 20.1.83 USC PA 35MTRS IN 494700N, 015600W. (BREST NM 82 52 18). IN GEN DEPTH 60MTRS. 14.6.90 SHOWN AS USC PD 35MTRS ON FRENCH 6857 [1988 EDN]. BR STD. HH351/352/01 2.5.91 ESTIMATED CLEARANCE DEPTH NOW 42MTRS. POSN DOUBTFUL. (FRENCH NM 91 14 28 & CORR'N). BR STD. 13.2.97 NOW WK 55MTRS IN 494643.5N, 015600W [EUR]. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1996). BR STD. 11.3.98 LENGTH 35MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS. HEIGHT 6MTRS. NOTED AS 'LIMITED DIFFUSION'. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1998). AMENDED TO CINC. 21.2.99 POSN 4946.727N, 0156.004W [EUR]. POSN BY DGPS. ACCURACY 10MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1999). BR STD. HH351/530/03 16.8.02 WK 55MTRS SHOWN ON FRENCH 7120.
- NM 3470/02. SEP 2006/000404272 14.12.06 WK 54MTRS IN 4946.73N, 0156.01W [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 47/38/06). AMEND WK 54MTRS. BR STD. 18.5.07 LIES 000/180 DEGS. LENGTH 10MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 2007). NOT NOTED AS 'DIFFUSION LIMITE'. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 49 46.667 N,1 56.084 W