This is the information page about the shipwreck War diwan (after part), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 25.481 N,3 27.34 E (51.6047167, 3.38255)
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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: WAR DIWAN (AFTER PART)
Length 125.6 meter, width: 15.8 meter, tonnage 5551 ton
Load: flammable liquids and gases,oil
Cause: Built 1919. royal fleet auxiliary vessel. mined between buoys nf 15 & nf 17. broke in two & finally sunk by gunfire. forward part was refloated & towed to flushing in 1952. (llww2, ww2sl).
Year of registration: 1944
Water depth above wreck: 13 meter
Known since: 1944, last detected: 2022
Details measurements/cartography: H05136/44 6.1.45 ST VISIBLE AT ALL STATES OF TIDE IN 512533N, 032720E. (HMS FRANKLIN,16.12.44).
- NM 67/44. H3465/46 21.10.46 NO LONGER VISIBLE, AMENDED TO DW. (NETH NM'S 320 & 458/46).
- NM 3240/46. H5371/46 30.8.48 AMENDED TO WK SW 0.6MTRS [0FMS 2FT] 0.6MTRS. (NETH NM 208/2855/48).
- NM 1939/48. H5371/46 20.1.64 MARKED BY G CAN BUOY. (NETH NM'S 3908 & 3937/63).
- NM 2486/63. 8.2.77 MARKED BY E CARD CAN BUOY, 'WAR DIWAN', CLOSE E. (IALA). 3.8.83 SHOWN AS WK SW 0.6MTRS. MARKED BY E CARD BUOY ABOUT 1C E OF WK ON BELGIAN 101 [1981 EDN]). NCA. HH340/001/89 23.10.89 E CARD BUOY MOVED TEMPORARILY TO 512536N, 032812E PA, DURING DIVING OPS. (NETH TNM 22/89). NCA. 29.1.91 SWEPT CLEAR AT 0.6MTRS, IN 512533N, 032724E [EUR]. (NETH WK RECORDS - SEP 90 EDN - NO.S11 1529). NCA. HH340/001/91 2.5.91 W CARD BUOY, QFL(9) 15S, TEMPORARILY ESTABLISHED IN 512532.5N, 032710E DURING DIVING OPS. E CARD BUOY HAS BEEN REPLACED IN CHARTED POSN. (NETH TNM 232/91). NCA. HH340/420/02 5.11.97 WK PARTIALLY SALVED. NOW WK SW 13.3MTRS IN 512532N, 032725E. E CARDINAL BUOY 'WAR DIWAN' REMOVED. (NETH NM 42/492/97).
- NM 4483/97. 2.11.06 SHOWN IN 5125.481N, 0327.340E [WGD] ON BELGIAN [INT 1474] [JUN 2006 EDN LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 1874. 23.5.11 SHOWN AS SW 12.9MTRS [LAT] ON NL400116 [EDN 14.14].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 25.481 N,3 27.34 E