This is the information page about the shipwreck Ville de hasselt, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 14.98 N,10 13.03 W (57.249666666667, -10.217166666667)

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: VILLE DE HASSELT

Length 133.2 meter, width: 17.7 meter, draught: 11, tonnage 7461 ton
Load: grain

Cause: torpedoed & sunk by german submarine u 46, whilst en-route liverpool to new york.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 2100 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1991

Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 570000N, 090000W APPROX. (WW2SL). BOAT RECOVERED 60M NW 0.5 N (MAG) FROM BARRA HD. (PRO). 31.7.87 31.7.87 POSN OF ATTACK ACCORDING TO REPORT OF SHIP ATTACKED 570000N, 090000W. POSN OF ATTACK ACCORDING TO U BOAT PATROL REPORT 571500N, 101300W. U BOAT'S POSN CONSIDERED MOST LIKELY. (AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). PLOTS IN OVER 2100MTRS. 25.6.91 25.6.91 ATTACKED W OF LEWIS ON 30.8.1940, SANK FOLLOWING DAY IN 574000N, 090000W. (LLWW2). PLOTS IN 142MTRS. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 57 14.98 N,10 13.03 W

Wrecks near the Netherlands
Wrecks near Belgium
Wrecks near Germany
Wrecks near France
Wrecks near Great Britain
Wrecks off Denmark
Wrecks off Sweden
Wrecks off Norway