This is the information page about the shipwreck Yselhaven (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 20.687 N,0 53.735 W (55.3447833, -0.8955833)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: YSELHAVEN (POSSIBLY)
Length 110.2 meter, width: 15.2 meter, tonnage 3558 ton
Cause: Built in 1916 by rotterdam droogdok, rotterdam. operated at time of loss by us shipping board following requistion. ?three boilers, triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage baltimore for copenhagen. struck mine laid by german warship sms albatross (2200 tons).
Year of registration: 1919
Water depth above wreck: 92 meter, Height above seabed: 43 cm
Known since: 1919, last detected: 2007
Details measurements/cartography: H2358/19 14.3.19 H2358/19 14.3.19 SANK IN 551800N, 005100W. (B.I.O., HULL, TELECON). H4214/26 1.7.26 H4214/26 1.7.26 INS AS NDW IN 551800N, 005100W ON 2182B. H3018/54 1.10.54 H3018/54 1.10.54 AMEND TO NDWPA. NC 1192. H460/67 29.3.67 H460/67 29.3.67 NOT FOUND DURING SEARCH USING A/S AND E/S. (HMS EGERIA, 7.10.66). DELETED. BR STD. H6330/87/3 6.1.89 H6330/87/3 6.1.89 WK EXAM'D 19.9.88 IN 552041N, 005338W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [6 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 88.6 IN GEN DEPTH 92.2MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 92.6MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.8MTRS, LENGTH 30MTRS, WIDTH 6MTRS. LIES 043/223 DEG AND MAY BE PARTIALLY BURIED. NO OBVIOUS HIGH POINT BUT IT GIVES A GOOD SONAR RETURN. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 414A). BR STD. 17.5.07 17.5.07 THIS IS POSSIBLY YSELHAVEN. (R YOUNG, EMAIL DTD 15.5.07). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, MAY BE PARTIALLY BURIED
Position: 55 20.687 N,0 53.735 W