Wreck: Whestschelde (Motor vessel)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Whestschelde, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 64 34.99 N,11 3.9 E (64.583166666667, 11.065)
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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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Shipwreck details
Name: WHESTSCHELDE
Length 56.1 meter, width: 9.4 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 299 ton
Cause: 7.12.79 broke moorings at stadtlandetsverftet during a hurricane, drifted & sank in namsenfjord. (ll, 7.12.79)
Year of registration: 1979
Water depth above wreck: 463 meter
Known since: 1979, last detected: 1980
Details measurements/cartography: 8.12.79 SANK IN NAMSENFJORD IN DEEP WATER. (LL, 7.12.79) POSN 643500N, 110400E [EUR] FOR FILING ONLY, PLOTS IN 463MTRS. 3.1.80 DECLARED TOTAL LOSS BY OWNERS. (LL, 2.1.80)
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 64 34.99 N,11 3.9 E
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