This is the information page about the shipwreck Witte zee, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 35.853 N,1 28.807 W (50.597550, -1.480117)

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: WITTE ZEE

Length 37.2 meter, width: 7.6 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 328 ton

Cause: built in 1934 by j 7 k smit's mach, kinderdijk. owned at time of loss by n v l smit & co, sleepdienst. 6 cylinder, 4 stroke oil engine, single shaft. passage brook ledge for the solent after failed attempt to salve brother george. hold during salvage attempt and sank in deep water. (ll & south coast shipwrecks).

Year of registration: 1964

Water depth above wreck: 30 meter, Height above seabed: 158 cm

Known since: 1964, last detected: 2012

Details measurements/cartography: H1091/64 19.3.64 SANK 130DEGS, 5.7M FROM NEEDLES, IN 17FMS. (LL). DW WITH G CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G.10S CLOSE SW. (TH NM 18/64).

- NM 600/64. H1091/64 25.11.64 AGREEMENT HAS BEEN COMPLETED WITH HERR ANTON LODNER OF WIL SG SWITZERLAND, FOR RAISING WRECK. THIS OPERATION WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN SPRING 1965. (TH, 16.11.64). H1091/64 30.11.65 CHAIN SWEEP, CLEAR 68FT FOUL 69FT MLWS. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (TH, 26.10.65). AMEND TO SW 11FMS.

- NM 2292/65. 28.3.72 NOW CHARTED AS SW 20.7MTRS. NC 2045. 28.1.74 NOW CHARTED AS SW 20.3MTRS. NC 2045. H1968/77 17.8.81 EXAM'D 27.8.80 IN 503550.5N, 012824W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. DECCA USED. LEAST DEPTH 23.7 IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS. SCOUR 0.8MTR. DCS3 HT 6-7MTRS. LYING N/S. ABOUT 35MTRS LONG. BOWS N. (SCESU, HI 81/80). AMEND TO WK 23.5MTRS IN 503551N, 012824W [OGB]. R/P. H1310/87/22 26.6.87 WK STANDS OFF SEABED WITH AVERAGE HT OF 8MTRS, BUT MAST WITH HT 12MTRS STILL STANDS. SEABED DEPTH [5 HRS AFTER HW] 32MTRS. (T E JONES, 22.6.87). AMEND TO SW 20.3MTRS.

- NM 2082/87. 28.1.00 RE-ASSESSED. AMEND TO WK 20.3MTRS. (T E JONES, 22.6.87). BR STD. 24.10.12 EXAM'D 29.1.12 IN 5035.853N, 0128.807W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 26.2 IN GEN DEPTH 32MTRS. LEAST W/C DEPTH 23.81MTRS. SCOUR 3MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 8MTRS TOWARDS 300 DEGS FROM N END. LENGTH 42MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 6MTRS. LIES 158/338 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. IN TWO PARTS, 30 X 15MTRS WITH 8 X 6MTR PART 4MTRS TO THE N. (EMU, HI 1366). AMEND WK 23.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, IN TWO PARTS

Position: 50 35.853 N,1 28.807 W

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