This is the information page about the shipwreck Stanislaw du bois, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 57.455 N,2 59.305 E (53.7317333, 2.8627)

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.

Name: Stanislaw du Bois

Length 152.7 meter, width: 19.2 meter, draught: 8.8, tonnage 5729 ton
Load: metal: concentrate and products,containers

Cause: 2.4.89 built in 1965. owned at time of loss by polskie linie oceaniczne. passage gdansk for surabaya. cargo carbide in drums. was badly damaged during a collision in dense fog with sudanese mv 'omdurman' off texel on 2.4.89. vessel was taken in tow but refused entry into dutch harbours because of acetylene gas being given off by cargo. was finally towed to botney cut & sunk by dutch frigate 'callenburgh'.

Year of registration: 1981

Water depth above wreck: 63 meter

Known since: 1981, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: H3966/76 21.4.81 POSN 535730N, 025924E. DANGER TO SHIPPING. MARKED BY W CARD BUOY. (R NETH NAVY, SIGNAL DTD 16.4.81). INS AS DW WITH BUOY.

- NM 987/81. H3966/76 12.8.81 LT, Q(9)15S ADDED TO W CARD BUOY. (NETH HYDRO, TLX DTD 20.5.81).

- NM 2027/81. H3966/76 3.12.81 NOW SW 27MTRS IN 535727N, 025924E [EUR]. BUOY REMOVED. (NETH NM 3901/81 & R NETH NAVY TLX DTD 2.12.81).

- NM 3021/81. 11.7.11 SHOWN IN 5357.455N, 0259.305E [WGD] ON NL301505 [END 10.14].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Dutch wreck records 2017(SEP 2017/000040330) used aswell

Position: 53 57.455 N,2 59.305 E

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