This is the information page about the shipwreck W a scholten, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 4.956 N,1 24.6 E (51.0759833, 1.4147)

 

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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. 150
2. Admiral gardner
3. Advent
4. Africa
5. Agen
6. Amplegarth
7. Andaman
8. Angelus (possibly)
9. Ashley
10. Atlantic (possibly)
11. Avoca
12. Blanc nez
13. Brandenburg
14. Bravore
15. Camisard
16. Carmen
17. Cathay (part of)
18. Cedrington court
19. Christianssund
20. City of dresden (possibly)
21. Colbert
22. Constanzia
23. Corhaven
24. Correct
25. D'artagnan
26. Dartmore
27. De fontaine
28. Dinard
29. Dixie
30. Dotterel
31. Dunbar castle
32. E goodwin ltv
33. Efford
34. Eidsiva (probably)
35. Eleonora
36. Emma
37. Emma (possibly)
38. Empire lough (probably)
39. Empress of fort william (probably)
40. En avant
41. Eustratios (probably)
42. Falcon (probably)
43. Fearless
44. Filleigh
45. Flachsee
46. Flandres
47. Francesco ciampa
48. Frons olivae (probably)
49. G 85 (possibly)
50. G-42 (possibly)
51. G-asad
52. Gad 23
53. Genimar
54. Gladys
55. Gloire a sainte therese
56. Grit (probably)
57. Grosser kurfurst
58. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
59. Halcyon
60. Harcalo
61. Henry moon
62. Heron
63. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
64. Hmhs anglia
65. Hms alert ?
66. Hms aragonite (part of)
67. Hms aries (possibly)
68. Hms artic trapper
69. Hms blackwater
70. Hms brazen
71. Hms carilon
72. Hms carlton
73. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
74. Hms city of dundee
75. Hms cleon
76. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
77. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
78. Hms glen boyne
79. Hms kingston galena
80. Hms lord grey
81. Hms lydian
82. Hms marcella
83. Hms napia
84. Hms niger (possibly)
85. Hms northumberland (probably)
86. Hms othello ii
87. Hms peridot
88. Hms restoration (possibly)
89. Hms rodino
90. Hms stirling castle (probably)
91. Hms torbay ii (probably)
92. Hms tranquil
93. Hms war sepoy
94. Hms weigelia
95. Hmsm b2
96. Hundvaag
97. Ilaro
98. Ira (possibly)
99. Jacob luckenbach
100. James harrod
101. Josephine willis
102. Kabinda
103. Kadru
104. Katharina kolkmann
105. Kielce
106. Kirsten skou
107. Koenigshaven
108. L'armandeche
109. La fleche
110. Lady stella
111. Latona
112. Le pelerin de la mer
113. Le tregor
114. Leicester
115. Leila najia
116. Leo
117. Lizzonia
118. Loanda
119. Lord hamilton (possibly)
120. Luray victory
121. Lusitania
122. Mahratta
123. Mahratta ii
124. Maloja 1
125. Malta (probably)
126. Merel (part of)(possibly)
127. Mersey
128. Moise
129. Monarch
130. Mrav
131. Munificent
132. Murillo
133. Nancy moran
134. Naranco
135. Negrier
136. Newcastle
137. Niki
138. Norman
139. North eastern victory
140. Notre dame des trois epis
141. Nunima
142. Ousel (probably)
143. Pallieter
144. Phoenix
145. Polgrange
146. Portslade (possibly)
147. Preussen
148. Pulborough
149. Quentovic
150. Rio parana
151. River levan
152. Rochester castle (possibly)
153. Rydal force
154. Rynanna
155. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
156. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
157. Sabac
158. Saint michael veillez sur nous
159. Saint ronan (possibly)
160. Saint ronan (possibly)
161. Sambut
162. Santagata
163. Santagata (?part of)
164. Sea serpent
165. Selma (possibly)
166. Shenandoah
167. Sir russell
168. Smarapaan
169. St cecilia
170. Strathclyde
171. Surrey
172. Teeswood
173. Texaco caribbean (after section)
174. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
175. The queen
176. Toward
177. Traquair (probably)
178. U 11 (possibly)
179. U 16 (possibly)
180. U 48
181. U 8
182. Ub 103 (possibly)
183. Ub 108 (possibly)
184. Ub 109
185. Ub 31 ?
186. Ub 38
187. Ub 55 (probably)
188. Ub 56 (possibly)
189. Ub 58 (possibly)
190. Ub 78
191. Ub-33 (probably)
192. Uc 26
193. Uc 46
194. Uc 46 (possibly)
195. Uc 63
196. Uc 77 (possibly)
197. Uc 78 or uc 79
198. Unity
199. W a scholten
200. Wheatman (possibly)
201. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: W A SCHOLTEN

Length 107 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2589 ton
Load: personnel,general and mixed goods

Cause: Vessel, built 1874, sank following collision with anchored british collier 'rosa mary' in poor visibility. vessel, en-route rotterdam to new york, sank in 20mins with large loss of life. owned at time of loss by nederlandsch-amerikaansche stoomv. maats. (dods).

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 26 meter, Height above seabed: 78 cm

Known since: 1939, last detected: 20160908

Details measurements/cartography: LIES APPROX 4M ESE FROM ADMIRALTY PIERHEAD, DOVER. (LLOYDS). H012/39 20.2.40 LOCATED BY CAPTAIN (D) 19-21.9.39. (DOVER SECRET ORDERS 035 15.2.40). NCA. H5824/60 1.3.61 WK, LEAST E/S DEPTH 62FT, IN 510455N, 012441E USING DECCA. (HMS SCOTT, 30.3.60). R/S. H5824/60 7.11.61 DRIFT SWEEP, CLEAR AT 58FT, FOUL AT 61FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 68 IN GEN DEPTH 93FT. SCOUR DEPTH 95FT. FIXED BY DECCA. (HMS SCOTT, 2.5.61). NC 1892. H4199/78 10.8.78 LOCATED 27.10.77 IN 510455N, 012441E [OGB] USING 2 RANGE TRISPONDER. CLOSE SOUNDED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.5 IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6.9MTRS, LENGTH 125MTRS. LYING 080/260DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). BR STD. 21.10.82 DIVED ON. WK FAIRLY INTACT. HAD SINGLE WOODEN MAST OF VERY LARGE DIAMETER. THOUGHT POSSIBLY TO BE DUTCH VESSEL 'ROTTERDAM' WHICH SANK PRE-1900, BUT NOT ABLE YET TO CONFIRM. (I T O'RILEY, FOLKESTONE, TELECON 4.8.82 & 21.10.82). NCA. H1285/83 22.8.83 CONFIRMED AS WK OF 'W A SCHOLTEN'. (I T O'RILEY, 16.8.83). NCA. H1310/83/4 6.9.83 DIVED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. SHIP'S CHINA, MARKED 'N.A.S.M. ROTTERDAM', RECOVERED. WK LIES APPROX ALONG TIDE, WITH BOWS TO NE. NO SUPERSTRUCTURE STANDS ABOVE COLLAPSED WHEELHOUSE, ENGINES & BOILER. EVIDENCE OF COLLISION. BOWS SMASHED IN. CONSIDER IT TO BE 'W A SCHOLTEN'. (T W BENNETTO, 2.9.83). NCA. H1285/83/212 3.10.83 APPLICATION HAS BEEN MADE IN AMERICA TO OBTAIN TITLE TO THIS WK. (I T O'RILEY, 22.9.83). HH090/606/01 13.9.94 EXAM'D 4.8.94 IN 510454.4N, 012437.3E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 19.8, FOUL AT 20.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21 IN GEN DEPTH 26.7MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 27.2MTRS. DCS3 HT 9.8MTRS. COVERS 100X30MTRS, LIES 080/260 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION. GOOD DCS3 TRACE SHOWING STRUCTURES FWD AND AFT WHICH MAY BE DERRICKS. (NP 1016, HI 606). AMEND TO SW 19.8MTRS IN 510454.5N, 012437.0E [OGB].

- NM 3403/94. SEP 2016/000091760 1.1.17 EXAM'D 8.9.16 IN 5104.956N, 0124.600E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19.91MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS, LENGTH 109MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, HEIGHT 6.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 078/258 DEGS. WRECK LARGELY INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 1496). AMEND DW 19.9MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 4.956 N,1 24.6 E

 

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