Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Oost vlaanderen, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 49 26.353 N,2 29.87 W (49.465666666667, -2.6346666666667)
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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: OOST VLAANDEREN
Lengte 45.4 meter, breedte: 7.9 meter, diepgang: 2.7, tonnage 421 ton
Lading: cement,armament
Oorzaak: built in 1931 e j smit & zonen,westerbroek. owned at time of loss by t de hartigh. oil engine, single shaft. sunk by whirlwind bomber (serial p7040) of no 263 sqn, raf. (air clues, jan '81).
Jaar registratie: 1970
Waterdiepte boven wrak: 25 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 15 cm
Bekend sinds: 1970, laatst gedetecteerd: 20150729
Details metingen/cartografie: H4647/68 17.12.70 EXAMINED IN 492624N, 022947W [EUR] USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR 57FT, FOUL 58FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 58FT IN GEN DEPTH 14FMS. SCOUR DEPTH 60FT. LIES 020/200DEGS. HIGHEST POINT CLOSE TO N END. (FSL MEDINA).
- NM 47/71. H1287/75 10.9.75 REPORTED TO BE IN 492620N, 022955E. DIVED ON BY READING BRANCH OF BSAC ON 4 & 7.8.75. TIME OF DIVE 3-3.5HOURS BEFORE HW AT ST HELIER. ON BOTH OCCASIONS DEPTH FOUND TO BE 30MTRS TO A FINE SHINGLE/COARSE SAND SEABED. HIGHEST POINT OF WK WAS ESTIMATED AS 10MTRS ABOVE SEABED. WK APPEARED TO BE A SMALL COASTER ABOUT 50MTRS IN LENGTH, 10MTRS WIDTH. LYING UPRIGHT ON A FLAT SEABED. BOWS SLIGHTLY TWISTED BUT NOT VISIBLY HOLED. A SINGLE MAST/DERRICK LIES ALONG CENTRELINE OF THE WK OVER ONE HOLD. PROPELLER MISSING. HULL SOUND. STRANGE OBJECTS ABOUT 400MM LONG, 250MM DIAMETER, CYLINDRICAL METAL WITH FOUR RODS PROJECTING IN CROSS FORMATION AT ONE END, SEEN AND GIVEN WIDE BERTH BY DIVERS. (J H SIMMONS, 4.9.75). THIS WK AND THE ONE IN 492630N, 023130W [23243] MAY BE ONE & THE SAME. H3635/71 10.9.79 KNOWN LOCALLY AS 'CEMENT WK' BECAUSE OF CARGO. THOUGHT TO BE DUTCH SHIP 'OOST VLAANDEREN'. COMPARISON WITH PHOTOGRAPH OF SHIP SEEMS TO SUPPORT THIS, AS DO LENGTH & BEAM MEASUREMENTS. VIRTUALLY INTACT. (M G SHEAN, SEVERNSIDE BSAC, 6.8.79) H1310/80/40 19.11.80 CONFIRMED AS 'OOST VLAANDEREN', HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 8MTRS. STRANGE OBJECTS REPD ABOVE ARE SCALLOP DREDGES. QUANTITY OF 37MM AMMO FOUND IN DANGEROUS CONDITION. (FULL REPORT BY RAF SUB AQUA EXPEDITION IN JUL '80 REFERS). 12.1.99 SANK IN ONE PIECE, LIES UPRIGHT. COVERED IN MARINE LIFE & HOME TO LOBSTERS AND CONGER EELS. (DIVE MAGAZINE JAN '99) 13.5.04 [WGD] POSN: 4926.345N, 0229.863W. NE 807. SEP 2014/000130511 14.10.14 SHOWN AS WK 19.3MTRS ON GUERNSEY WATER SURVEY (DTD 3.3.14 - 15.3.14). AMEND WK 19.3MTRS. 16.2.15 DEPTH SHOWN IN GUERNSEY WATER SURVEY NOT CONSIDERED TO BE THE LEAST DEPTH. RETAIN PREVIOUS DEPTH. (A WINTERBOTTOM, BDC). AMEND SW 16.5MTRS. BANM 3949/15. SEP 2015/000230440 19.11.15 EXAM'D 29.06.15, IN 4926.353N, 0229.869W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 18.1MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. LENGTH 48MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS, HT 7.0MTRS. OREINTATION 015/195 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 580MTRS, DEPTH 1.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 003 DEGS. (HMSML GLEANER SNT02/15). AMEND TO DW 18.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT & INTACT.
Positie: 49 26.353 N,2 29.87 W