This is the information page about the shipwreck Volkerak, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 35.45 N,1 19.4 W (50.633333333333, -1.4166666666667)

 

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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. Aalesund (possibly)
2. Ajax
3. Albatros
4. Algerian
5. Asborg
6. Ashanti (possibly)
7. Bettann (stern section)
8. Braat ii
9. Brestois
10. Camberwell
11. Cambrian
12. Cambrian (part of)
13. Campen
14. Camswan
15. Capable
16. Carbon
17. Castle crag
18. Ceres (possibly)
19. Cleddy (probably)
20. Cuba
21. Daylesford
22. Diadem of bursledon (probably)
23. Duddon (probably)
24. Dulce t
25. Empire crusader
26. Empress queen
27. Ernest lagouve
28. Espagne
29. Excelsior
30. Faith
31. Fallodon
32. France aimee (part of)(possibly)
33. G-cbpt
34. Glen (possibly)
35. Grace dieu
36. Grip fast
37. Harry sharman
38. Hauler
39. Highland brigade
40. Hm lct 427 (after part)
41. Hm lct 427 (fwd part)
42. Hms acheron (bow section)
43. Hms acheron (stern section)
44. Hms albion ii
45. Hms assurance
46. Hms boxer
47. Hms crestflower
48. Hms hazard
49. Hms insolent
50. Hms invincible
51. Hms listrac (probably)
52. Hms michael clements
53. Hms new dawn
54. Hms p12 (stern section).
55. Hms pomone
56. Hms tiger
57. Hms undine
58. Hms velox
59. Hms warwick deeping
60. Hmsm swordfish
61. Hmsm upstart
62. Iduna
63. Indutionmare
64. Inger
65. Irex
66. Irishman
67. Island mist
68. Isleworth
69. Joannis millas
70. Juno
71. Kurland
72. Lapwing (possibly) or south western
73. Lct 1068
74. Lct 757 (possibly)
75. Lct 809
76. Leon
77. Londonier
78. Luciston
79. Luis
80. Luxor
81. Margaret smith
82. Mary rose
83. Meandros (possibly)
84. Mechanician
85. Mendi
86. Millmer
87. Minca 35
88. Minerva (possibly)
89. Molina
90. Moonraker (probably)
91. Myrtlegrove (probably)
92. Neath (possibly)
93. Nichola (probably)
94. Nw68
95. Nw96
96. Oriflamme
97. Orion
98. Pearl (probably)
99. Pool fisher
100. Ps ryde
101. Redesmere
102. Reindeer
103. Rosehill (probably)
104. Roway
105. Rtc no.9
106. Serrana (bow section)
107. Serrana (stern part)
108. Simla
109. Sinah
110. Smyrna
111. Spyros (possibly)
112. Stokes bay pier (remains)
113. Teamwork
114. Terlings
115. Tweed
116. U 90
117. Ub 21
118. Vadne
119. Vanessa (probably)
120. Vari solo sailor
121. Varvassi
122. Venus
123. Volkerak
124. Wapello
125. War knight
126. Weston maid (possibly)
127. Westville
128. Withern
129. Witte zee
130. Woodham

 

Name: VOLKERAK

Length 39.5 meter, width: 7.5 meter, tonnage 337 ton
Load: clay products

Cause: ex-kortenaer, ex-albatros. built in 1904 by c v d giessen & zonen, krimpen. owned at time of loss by h k van de meer. 4 cylinder, 2 stroke oil eingine. machinery aft by deutz a g koln. passage fowey for amsterdam. ran aground in fog with heavy rain and a strong wind. abandoned and became a ctl. (south coast shipwrecks).

Year of registration: 2007

Water depth above wreck: 5 meter

Known since: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: 21.2.07 21.2.07 SCATTERED REMAINS LIE IN 5-6MTRS CLOSE TO 5035.45N, 0119.40W [WGD]. (SOUTH COAST SHIPWRECKS). INS AS NDWPA. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: SCATTERED REMAINS

Position: 50 35.45 N,1 19.4 W

 

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