This is the information page about the shipwreck Wespe, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 22.038 N,6 42.154 E (54.3673, 6.7025667)
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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: WESPE
Length 57 meter, width: 9.4 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 424 ton
Year of registration: 1973
Water depth above wreck: 37 meter
Known since: 1973, last detected: 2019
Details measurements/cartography: H3734/69 3.12.73 WK 26.5MTRS, IN 542206N, 064218E. MARKED BY G CON LT BUOY, INT QK FL APPROX 120MTRS E OF WK. (HAMBURG NM 3834(T)/73). NCA. H3734/69 4.2.74 LT BUOY WITHDRAWN. (HAMBURG NM 249(T)/74). NCA YET. H3734/69 4.9.74 WK 30MTRS [16FMS] IN 542206N, 064218E. (HAMBURG NM 2467/74). BR STD. H3734/69 19.11.74 'WESPE' SUNK. (LL 13.11.74). (NO DATE). AMENDED TO WK 39MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 2182A & 2182B. H3877/80 4.12.85 POSN NOW 542206N, 064211E. (HAMBURG NM 4085/85). NCA. HH328/470/02 26.5.97 AMENDED TO WK SW 31.8MTRS IN 542206.5N, 064212.5E. (GERMAN NM 24/(21)50/97).
- NM 2735/97. 23.11.06 SHOWN IN 5422.088N, 0642.199E [WGD] ON GERMAN 50 [INT 1045] [JUN 2003 EDN, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 1423.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 54 22.038 N,6 42.154 E