This is the information page about the shipwreck Wilhelmina j, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 29.188 N,0 6.387 W (50.4864667, -0.10645)

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: WILHELMINA J

Length 24.4 meter, tonnage 82 ton

Cause: Sank following a collision with cypriot mv 'zulfikar' in thick fog and darkness. vessel lifted, bodies removed and wk returned to seabed.

Year of registration: 1991

Water depth above wreck: 51 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1991, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: HH226/350/02 17.5.91 COLLISION REPORTED IN APPROX 502900N, 000400W [OGB]. WK MARKERS SIGHTED IN 502906N, 000624W. (LL, 11,12.4.91). DIVING OPS INTENDED TO REMOVE BODIES OF CREW. (LL, 13,15.4.91 & OCC TH, TELECON). WK REPORTED LOCATED BY EUROSALVE VESSEL 'CHIEFTAIN' IN 502616N, 000649W [OGB] IN 50MTRS. LIES UPRIGHT BUT WITH SLIGHT STBD LIST. (FISHING NEWS, 19.4.91). NCA YET. AWAIT REPORT FROM TH. HH226/350/02 20.5.91 LOCATED 12.4.91 IN 502906N, 000637W [OGB] USING DECCA AND CONFIRMED BY RADAR RANGES. GOOD SONAR RETURN. LEAST E/S DEPTH 45.8 IN GEN DEPTH 51.2MTRS [LAT]. POOR E/S TRACE - PROBABLY DUE TO NETS, OR SIMILAR ATTACHMENTS. SMALL AMOUNT OF OIL OBSERVED. (THL 'LODESMAN', VIA OCC TH, HARWICH). OWNERS STATE THAT A SALVAGE CONTRACT IS BEING NEGOTIATED WITH A BELGIAN COMPANY. (FISHING NEWS, 3.5.91). HH226/350/02 20.5.91 WK TO BE RAISED DURING OPS COMMENCING 25.5.91, EXAMINED INTERNALLY FOR RECOVERY OF BODIES AND THEN LOWERED TO SEABED. (SUNDERLAND MARINE, 17.5.91). NCA YET. HH226/350/02 22.7.91 WK RAISED 1.7.91 AND RETURNED TO SEABED AFTER REMOVING TWO BODIES. (FISHING NEWS, 5.7.91). NCA YET. HH226/350/02 9.8.91 WK RETURNED TO SEABED IN 502909.5N, 000629.5W [OGB]. (CAPT B GOLDSMITH, TELECON WITH DHMSI, 23.7.91). CHART AS USC 35MTRS.

- NM 2425/91. 25.4.14 EXAM'D 5.3.14 IN 5029.188N, 0006.387W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 43.98 IN GEN DEPTH 51MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 32.1MTRS, WIDTH 16.8MTRS, HT 7.02MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS WITH BOWS N. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT AND INTACT. (NETSURVEY, HI 1435). AMEND WK 43MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS N,

Position: 50 29.188 N,0 6.387 W

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