This is the information page about the shipwreck Voorwarts (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 54.623 N,0 47.018 W (54.8698333, -0.8991667)

 

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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.

 

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Name: VOORWARTS (POSSIBLY)

Length 29.8 meter, width: 6.2 meter, draught: 2.4, tonnage 147 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built in 1905 by gebr verstockt, martenshoek. owned at time of loss by van der leen. steel schooner. passage west hartlepool for christiana. cargo coal. foundered.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 68 meter, Height above seabed: 64 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 1988

Details measurements/cartography: H3039/26 H3039/26 GIVES NAME, TONNAGE, ETC. H256/27 27.1.27 H256/27 27.1.27 AMENDED TO NDW (WRECKS) (1917). NE 2182A. H5667/52 9.9.52 H5667/52 9.9.52 AMEND TO NDWPA. NC 1191. H460/67 3.4.67 H460/67 3.4.67 WK LOCATED IN 545400N, 004405W [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 220 IN GEN DEPTH 230FT. NO SCOUR. (HMS ECHO, ROS 5.6.66). AMEND TO WK 36FMS. BR STD. 7.10.77 7.10.77 AMEND TO WK 66MTRS. NC 1191. H6331/87 12.10.88 H6331/87 12.10.88 NO WK LOCATED IN POSN LISTED, BUT WK EXAM'D 3.7.88 IN 545437N, 004655W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 63.7 IN GEN DEPTH 67.5MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 3.4MTRS, LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS. INTACT AND WITH NO EVIDENT SUPERSTRUCTURE. LIES 064/244 DEG WITH BOW W. (LAND & MARINE ENG. LTD, HI 414B). AMEND TO WK 63MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, NO SUPERSTRUCTURE, BOW W

Position: 54 54.623 N,0 47.018 W

 

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