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 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: 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