Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Vechstroom, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 53 43.523 N,0 33.93 E (53.6109, 0.26485)
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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: VECHSTROOM
Lengte 61 meter, breedte: 10.4 meter, tonnage 845 ton
Lading: coal
Oorzaak: Ex-energie ii. built in 1918 by n v haarlemsche schps, haalem. owned at time of loss by holland stoob maats. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 89hp, single shaft. passage goole for london. cargo coal. bombed by german aircraft.
Jaar registratie: 1941
Waterdiepte boven wrak: 28 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 350 cm
Bekend sinds: 1941, laatst gedetecteerd: 20160409
Details metingen/cartografie: SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 534300N, 003300E. (WW2SL). H03318/41 17.12.41 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 534312N, 003524E. (FO HUMBER, 23.9.41). H03318/41 17.12.41 LOCATED IN POSN 534342N, 003327E. NO OBSTRUCTION WAS FOUND WITH A 9FM SWEEP AT LWOST. (S O GRIMSBY, HN 25.9.41). INS AS NDW.
- NM 2991/41. H3262/70 25.2.72 NDW SHOWN IN POSN 534334N, 003400E ON K.6308/11 ZM. (BP PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT LTD). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 26.9.72 AMEND TO WK 15.8 MTRS [LAT]. NC 107. H1287/76/259 3.8.76 LIES IN 534337N, 003414E. UPRIGHT. LIES N/S. CARGO COAL. APPROX LENGTH 180FT. BOTTOM FIRM SAND, SMALL ROCKS, CLAY. GENERAL DEPTH 24.5MTRS. SCOUR 1.5MTRS. MAX HT OF WK AT BOW 5MTRS. DEPTHS BY DEPTH GAUGE. (ST BRIDES BAY DIVING CO LTD, LTR DTD 20.7.76). AMEND POSN. BR STD. H1270/73 20.9.76 REPD LOCATED IN 534328.5N, 003404.5E. WK LYING APPROX E/W. LENGTH 55MTRS(APPROX). TWO CARGO HOLDS COMPLETE WITH COAL. HULL ONLY REMAINS, SUPERSTRUCTURE HAS BEEN REMOVED. (BP DEVELOPMENT LTD, LTR DTD 12.8.76). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 20.6.77 AMEND TO WK 15.8MTRS. NC 1190. H3805/72 28.2.78 LOCATED 14.9.77 IN 534328.7N, 003404.9E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.4MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. SONAR HT 8.1MTRS. LARGE INTACT WK LYING N/S. (SOISS, HI 54/77). AMEND TO USC 19MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H1944/80 22.4.82 EXAM'D 10.6.81 IN 534329N, 003404E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.7 IN GEN DEPTH 28.2MTRS. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 8.04MTRS. LYING 165/345 DEGS, BOWS NW. BROKEN AMIDSHIPS WITH HOLDS FORE & AFT. SONAR LENGTH 61.5MTRS, BEAM 10.3MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 12). BR STD. H1310/82/15 4.6.82 INVESTIGATED 30.5.82. STANDING 8MTRS ABOVE GEN DEPTH AT N END. LYING APPROX 170/350 DEGS. (LAND & MARINE ENGINEERING (OVERSEAS) LTD, 1.6.82). NCA. SEP 2016/000053291 5.10.16 EXAM'D 9.4.16; IN 5343.523N, 0033.930E [WGD]. LEAST WCD DEPTH 22.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS, LENGTH 64.5MTRS, WIDTH 14.8MTRS, HEIGHT 4.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 350/170 DEGS. WRECK SITS ON ITS HULL BUT HAS BROKEN IN TWO WITH BOW SECTION SEPARATE. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1473). AMEND DW 22.5MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WRECK SITS ON ITS HULL BUT HAS BROKEN IN TWO WITH BOW SECTION SEPARATE
Positie: 53 43.523 N,0 33.93 E