This is the information page about the shipwreck Wiema, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 49.057 N,5 24.063 W (51.817617, -5.401050)

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.

Name: WIEMA

Length 37.2 meter, width: 7 meter, draught: 3.8, tonnage 265 ton
Load: ore

Cause: ex-quo vadis '55. built in 1933 by gebr van diepen, waterhuizen. owned at time of loss by w belstra, groningen. four cylinder oil engine, single shaft. machinery by de industrie d & j boot, alphen. cargo shifted during a gale, developed heavy list & eventually sank.

Year of registration: 1961

Water depth above wreck: 38 meter, Height above seabed: 160 cm

Known since: 1961, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: H5890/61 30.1.62 H5890/61 30.1.62 POSN 514902N, 052354W OR 168DEG 2.18M FROM S BISHOP LT. (LL & CG ST DAVIDS). INS AS NDW. BR STD. 1.12.72 1.12.72 AMEND TO USC 8FMS. NE 1410. 18.12.72 18.12.72 AMEND TO USC 14.0MTRS. NC 1478. H1921/80 28.3.80 H1921/80 28.3.80 LOCATED IN 514903N, 052402W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 31.1 IN GEN DEPTH 37 MTRS. HYDROSEARCH - DEPTH BY VERTICAL HT 30.2MTRS, BY SHADOW HT 30MTRS. LYING 159/339 DEG, BOW NW. LENGTH 44.4MTRS, BEAM 8MTRS. SCOUR 2.5MTRS. UPRIGHT. HAS 2 HOLDS WITH HATCH COVER OPEN. NOT SWEPT AS 30MTR SANDWAVES CLOSE N. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 52/80). AMEND TO WK 30MTRS. BR STD. H5002/72 19.11.80 H5002/72 19.11.80 WK EXAM'D 30.5.78 IN 514902N, 052400W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 34 IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.2MTRS. NO SCOUR. LYING APPROX 155/335 DEG, IN AREA OF SANDWAVES. (HMS WOODLARK, HI 71B/78). NCA. HH100/351/12 10.10.96 HH100/351/12 10.10.96 WK SITS UPRIGHT ON THE BOTTOM, STANDING 3-5MTRS PROUD. THE BRIDGE IS NO LONGER THERE. THERE IS A LARGE SCOUR AROUND THE STERN. PROPELLOR HAS BEEN REMOVED. WRECKAGE LIES AMIDSHIPS ON THE STBD SIDE. (S ROBERTS). 20.2.13 20.2.13 EXAM'D 8.5.12 IN 5149.057N, 0524.063W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 35.36 IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. LEAST W/C DEPTH 32.72MTRS. SCOUR 0.8MTR DEEP (SIC) EXTENDS 100MTRS TO NE. LENGTH 42MTRS, WIDTH 6MTRS, HT 0.8MTR. (SIC). STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. COMPLETE. (EMU, HI 1365). AMEND WK 32MTRS IN REVISED POSN. 3.4.13 3.4.13 LEAST M/B DEPTH 31.89 IN GEN DEPTH 38.4MTRS. SCOUR 1.9MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 25MTRS TOWARDS 080 DEGS. LENGTH 37MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS, HT 3.5MTRS. LIES 160/280 DEGS. (EMU, HI 1365, REPLY TO APPRAISAL). AMEND WK 31MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, BOWS NNW, BRIDGE MISSING

Position: 51 49.057 N,5 24.063 W

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