This is the information page about the shipwreck Vlaanderen (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 6.996 N,2 30.342 E (51.1325, 2.5103667)

 

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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. A-15 (possibly)
2. Apache
3. Auretta
4. Bourrasque
5. Bowsprite (bow section)
6. Bramden (possibly)
7. Bruno heinemann (z.8)
8. Clan macalister
9. Clan macneil (possibly)
10. Cmb 71a
11. Dortmund
12. Douaisien (possibly)
13. Etendard
14. Fennella
15. Fl5
16. Floride (probably)
17. Foudroyant
18. Foudroyant (possibly)
19. G 96
20. Ganko
21. Hms basilisk
22. Hms colsay
23. Hms gracie fields
24. Hms grafton
25. Hms grenade
26. Hms keith
27. Hms king orry
28. Hms skipjack
29. Hms st abbs
30. Hms st achilleus (possibly)
31. Hms wakeful
32. Hms waverley
33. Hms whitley
34. Horst
35. Jaguar
36. Kestrel
37. Keulse vaart iv
38. Kilmore
39. L'urtiga (possibly)
40. Laura
41. Lct(r) 457
42. Le copain d'abord
43. Lorina
44. Lorina (possibly)
45. Lst 420 (stern section)
46. Mariner (possibly)
47. Marthe
48. Mona's queen
49. P 319
50. Peppinella
51. Prinses astrid
52. Queen of the channel (possibly)
53. Quo vadis
54. R.93 (possibly)
55. Rita
56. Robert l vann
57. Sabrina
58. Saint camille
59. Sigurds faulbaums
60. St fagan
61. Sterre der zee
62. Toquet
63. Torpilleur branlebas
64. Trifels
65. Tringa
66. Ub29
67. V 201 (possibly)
68. Vlaanderen (probably)
69. West-hinder
70. Wielingen ii (possibly)
71. Wielingen ltv
72. Wolf
73. Zeester

 

Name: VLAANDEREN (PROBABLY)

Year of registration: 1950

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

Known since: 1950, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: 28.2.50 DW IN 510700N, 023028E ON. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). LC 1872. H733/58 6.9.60 DWPA SHOWN ON FR 5513. BR STD. H3280/66 22.9.67 SW 4.1MTRS IN 510702N, 023026E [EUR]. (OSTEND NM 143/67).

- NM 1759/67. 12.1.73 SHOWN AS WK 4.2MTRS, WITH DW PA CLOSE SE, ON BELGIAN CHART. NC 125. 15.6.76 SHOWN AS SW 3.9MTRS [LAT] ON FR 6500 [JUN'76 EDN]. NC 125. 9.7.79 SHOWN AS SW 4.2MTRS [MLS] IN 510703N, 023028E ON K 8220 [MAY-OCT, 1978]. H1271/80 21.10.81 SHOWN AS WK 6.2MTRS IN 510703N, 023024E [EUR] ON FR 6500 [4TH EDN 1981]. BR STD. 16.8.85 EXAM'D IN 510703N, 023024E [EUR]. LEAST DEPTH 6.2 IN GEN DEPTH 11MTRS. SMALL WARSHIP, LENGTH 70MTRS, LYING E/W. BROKEN IN TWO PARTS. (ANNALES HYDROGRAPHIQUES, 1983 & FR WK NO.21612049). H1310/88/18 25.7.88 ALMOST CERTAINLY WK OF BELGIAN DREDGER 'VLAANDEREN'. DIVED ON 30.4.87. LIES W/E WITH STERN W. TWO STEAM GAUGES FOUND - ONE MARKED 'NOTTINGHAM' AND THE OTHER 'DUNKERQUE'. CLOSE TO THE BOWS, WHICH STANDS HIGH, IS THE WK OF A GERMAN WOODEN MINESWEEPER WHICH OBVIOUSLY SANK AFTER HITTING BOWS OF THE DREDGER. (J COULON, 15.3.88). 18.10.96 SHOWN AS WK 6.5MTRS [MLS] ON BELGIUM 102 REPROMAT [MAY'96]. NC 1873 [MLS], NOW LARGEST SCALE. 14.11.11 SHOWN AS WK 6.2MTRS [LAT] IN 5106.996N, 0230.342E [WGD] ON BA 1873 [EDN 4 DTD 19.5.11].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PARTS, BOWS E, WOODEN MINESWEEPER LIES CLOSE BY

Position: 51 6.996 N,2 30.342 E

 

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