This is the information page about the shipwreck West falia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 24.845 N,5 3.055 E (53.33925, 5.1656)

 

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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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65. Won 2

 

Name: WEST FALIA

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2022

Details measurements/cartography: H7747/18 20.12.18 WK 10MTRS IN 532500N, 050300E. (GERMAN WAR NOTICE 372 DTD 8.5.18). BR STD. H5624/19 24.7.19 CONFIRMATION OF ABOVE. (BERLIN NM 1932/19) NFA. H6590/20 14.9.20 DETERMINED TO BE AN OBSTRUCTION TO NAVIGATION IN JUNE 1919. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) 12.5.24 NOW CHARTED AS WK 10.1MTRS [5FMS 3FT]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. H275/29 8.1.29 SHOWN AS DW (1919) ON DUTCH 205 [JUN '28 EDN]. NE 2593. H2671/63 18.7.67 NOW WK 23MTRS IN 532453N, 050308E. (HAGUE NM 1728/67).

- NM 1728/67. 11.11.77 WK 23MTRS SHOWN ON NETHERLANDS 1352. NE 1405. 19.9.89 'WEST FALIA', WK 23MTRS IN 532453N, 050308E, ALSO UNCHARTED RECORD IN 532500N, 050254E. (NETHERLANDS WK RECORDS, JAN '88 EDN, NOS.M10 853 & 854 RESPECTIVELY). NE 1405. HH340/670/01 20.4.94 POSN NOW 532453N, 050305E. DEPTH NOW 22.5MTRS. (NETHERLANDS NM 334/94).

- NM 2394/94. 14.09.06 SHOWN IN 5324.843N, 0503.014E [WGD] ON NETHERLANDS 1456 [AUG '03 EDN, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 112. 18.5.09 WEST FALIA, WK 21.5MTRS [LAT] IN 5324.8N, 0503.1E [WGD]. (NETHERLANDS WK RECORDS, 2009, NO. M10 853) NCA. 15.4.11 SHOWN AS WK 21.5MTRS [LAT] IN 5324.845N, 0503.060E [WGD] ON BA 1633 [EDN 2 DTD 29.12.10].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Well broken up wreck Dutch Wk Records.

Position: 53 24.845 N,5 3.055 E

 

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