Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Amsterdam, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 50 50.814 N,0 31.459 E (50.7173333, 0.6087833)
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De teksten bij dit scheepswrak zijn in het engels 🇬🇧, omdat deze worden opgesteld door het UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) op basis van de gegevens van de hydrografische diensten van onder meer Nederland, België en Duitsland. Ze bevatten de bekende details van het wrak en de opmerkingen van de cartografen die in de loop der tijden de positie en de toestand van het wrak hebben gecontroleerd.
Naam: AMSTERDAM
Lengte 45.7 meter, tonnage 700 ton
Oorzaak: Beached after losing rudder in severe storm and mutiny by crew. was on maiden voyage from texel to jakarta.
Jaar registratie: 1974
Waterdiepte boven wrak: -1 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 146 cm
Bekend sinds: 1974, laatst gedetecteerd: 2013
Details metingen/cartografie: H3954/70 6.3.74 AREA 100MTRS RADIUS AROUND NG POSN 778083 [OS SHEET 184], OR 505042N, 003139E, DESIGNATED AS RESTRICTED UNDER TERMS OF PROTECTION OF WKS ACT, 1973. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT NO 57/74). BR STD. H1291/82 3.11.82 ATTEMPTS BEING MADE TO RAISE SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO SALVAGE 'AMSTERDAM' AND RETURN IT TO HOLLAND. AN EXPORT LICENCE HAS BEEN GRANTED. SHIP IS VIRTUALLY INTACT FROM UPPER GUN DECK DOWN. (THE OBSERVER, 24.10.82). PHOTOGRAPH IN FILE. H1291/83 15.7.83 PROPOSAL MADE TO COMMENCE EXCAVATION WORK IN 1984. H1291/82 22.8.84 FURTHER EXCAVATION PLANNED FOR 1985 IF FUNDS AVAILABLE. INTEND LEAVING SHEET PILING, ALREADY DRIVEN AROUND WK, AND DIVING TOWER IN POSN DURING COMING WINTER. (SAVE THE AMSTERDAM FOUNDATION, 15.8.84). NCA. H3318/80 26.7.85 DIVING PLATFORM CONSTRUCTED VERY CLOSE S OF WK ON WHICH LFL R 10S ESTABLISHED. VISIBLE FROM 2 MILES. (TH, GT YARMOUTH, HN 1.7.85). INSERT LT IN 505042N, 003139E.
- NM 2099/85. H3318/80 30.3.90 DIVING PLATFORM, WITH LIGHT, HAS COLLAPSED. REMAINS WILL BE CUT DOWN AND SITE CLEARED. ONLY A HALF COFFERDAM AND ITS CROSS BEAMS REMAIN ADJACENT TO THE WK. (P BARRIE, LETTER REC'D VIA DEPT OF TRANSPORT). DELETE LIGHT.
- NM 1140/90. 10.3.93 PROPOSAL NOW MADE TO EXCAVATE THE WK AS AN ENTITY AND TO TOW IT TO AMSTERDAM SLUNG UNDERWATER UNDER A RAFT AND THERE TO EXCAVATE ITS CONTENTS WITHIN A NEW CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL CENTRE. (THE OBSERVER, 7.3.93). 17.1.06 RECORD REVIEWED. REVISED CONVERSION FOR POSN QUOTED IN STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 57/74 IS 5050.778N, 0031.556E [OGB] OR 5050.814N, 0031.459E [WGD]. AMEND POSN OF REST'D AREA (WK NOT CHARTED). BR STD. 3.12.13 LOCATED 19.8.13 IN 5050.801N, 0031.459E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH DRIES 2.14 IN GEN DEPTH DRIES 0.8MTR. SCOUR 1.3MTRS DEEP ON EASTERN SIDE. LENGTH 48.8MTRS, WIDTH 14.7MTRS, HT 1.0MTR. LIES 146/326 WITH BOWS NW SLIGHT MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (EGS, HI 1312). NCA.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: BOWS NW, OUTLINE OF HULL VISIBLE
Positie: 50 50.814 N,0 31.459 E