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 (51.075983333333, 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. Brendonia
16. Camisard
17. Carmen
18. Cathay (part of)
19. Cedrington court
20. Christianssund
21. City of dresden (possibly)
22. Colbert
23. Constanzia
24. Corhaven
25. Correct
26. D'artagnan
27. Dartmore
28. De fontaine
29. Dinard
30. Dixie
31. Dorothy j (possibly)
32. Dotterel
33. Dunbar castle
34. E goodwin ltv
35. Efford
36. Eidsiva (probably)
37. Eleonora
38. Emma
39. Emma (possibly)
40. Empire lough (probably)
41. Empress of fort william (probably)
42. En avant
43. Eustratios (probably)
44. Falcon (probably)
45. Fearless
46. Filleigh
47. Flachsee
48. Flandres
49. Francesco ciampa
50. Frons olivae (probably)
51. G 85 (possibly)
52. G-42 (possibly)
53. G-asad
54. Gad 23
55. Genimar
56. Gladys
57. Gloire a sainte therese
58. Grit (probably)
59. Grosser kurfurst
60. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
61. Halcyon
62. Harcalo
63. Henry moon
64. Heron
65. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
66. Hmhs anglia
67. Hms alert ?
68. Hms aragonite (part of)
69. Hms aragonite (part of)
70. Hms aries (possibly)
71. Hms artic trapper
72. Hms blackwater
73. Hms brazen
74. Hms carilon
75. Hms carlton
76. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
77. Hms city of dundee
78. Hms cleon
79. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
80. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
81. Hms glen boyne
82. Hms kingston galena
83. Hms lord grey
84. Hms lydian
85. Hms marcella
86. Hms napia
87. Hms niger (possibly)
88. Hms northumberland (probably)
89. Hms othello ii
90. Hms peridot
91. Hms restoration (possibly)
92. Hms rodino
93. Hms stirling castle (probably)
94. Hms torbay ii (probably)
95. Hms tranquil
96. Hms war sepoy
97. Hms weigelia
98. Hmsm b2
99. Hundvaag
100. Ilaro
101. Ira (possibly)
102. Jacob luckenbach
103. James harrod
104. Josephine willis
105. Kabinda
106. Kadru
107. Katharina kolkmann
108. Kielce
109. Kirsten skou
110. Koenigshaven
111. L'armandeche
112. La fleche
113. Lady stella
114. Latona
115. Lcp(r) 1961 (possibly)
116. Le pelerin de la mer
117. Le tregor
118. Leicester
119. Leila najia
120. Leo
121. Lighter 83
122. Lizzonia
123. Loanda
124. Lolworth
125. Lord hamilton (possibly)
126. Luray victory
127. Lusitania
128. Mahratta
129. Mahratta ii
130. Maloja 1
131. Malta (probably)
132. Merel (part of)(possibly)
133. Mersey
134. Moise
135. Monarch
136. Mrav
137. Munificent
138. Murillo
139. Nancy moran
140. Naranco
141. Negrier
142. Newcastle
143. Niki
144. Norman
145. North eastern victory
146. Notre dame des trois epis
147. Nunima
148. Ocean king (possibly)
149. Ousel (probably)
150. Pallieter
151. Phoenix
152. Polgrange
153. Portslade (possibly)
154. Preussen
155. Pulborough
156. Quentovic
157. Rio parana
158. River levan
159. Rochester castle (possibly)
160. Rooswijk
161. Rydal force
162. Rynanna
163. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
164. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
165. Sabac
166. Saint michael veillez sur nous
167. Saint ronan (possibly)
168. Saint ronan (possibly)
169. Sambut
170. Santagata
171. Santagata (?part of)
172. Sea serpent
173. Selma (possibly)
174. Shenandoah
175. Sir russell
176. Smarapaan
177. Spanish prince
178. St cecilia
179. St claire (possibly)
180. Strathclyde
181. Surrey
182. Teeswood
183. Texaco caribbean (after section)
184. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
185. The queen
186. Toromoree
187. Toward
188. Traquair (probably)
189. U 11 (possibly)
190. U 16 (possibly)
191. U 48
192. U 8
193. Ub 103 (possibly)
194. Ub 108 (possibly)
195. Ub 109
196. Ub 12 (possibly)
197. Ub 29 (possibly)
198. Ub 31 ?
199. Ub 38
200. Ub 55 (probably)
201. Ub 56 (possibly)
202. Ub 58 (possibly)
203. Ub 78
204. Ub-33 (probably)
205. Uc 26
206. Uc 46
207. Uc 46 (possibly)
208. Uc 63
209. Uc 77 (possibly)
210. Uc 78 or uc 79
211. Unity
212. W a scholten
213. Wheatman (possibly)
214. 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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