DE HONDSBOSCH
Nederland, Zuid Holland
De Hondsbosch is neatly upright on the ground and is still clearly recognizable as a ship. The bow is high above the sand, part of the rear side and the steering gear are still reasonably in tact. The ship is covered with anemones and various hydroids. You often see cod, lobster and crab. It is a Dutch coasting vessel that sailed the last few years from Honig Koog a / d Zaan to England. De hondsbosch sank during a storm on November 13, 1973. The three crew members were rescued.
Particulars
Type of ship: Dutch coaster. Height: 42m. Width: 6.5m. Builder: Yard Doornbos, Tsamsweer. Year built: 1947. Crew: 3. Speed: 8 knots. Deepest point 22meters. Shallowest point: 16meters.
Warnings
Always bring a good surface buoy.
DE HONDSBOSCH Features
- Address
- Nederland, ter hoogte van Noord-Holland
- Parking
- Sufficient parking paid parking on quay
- Distance
- Vaartijd 2 uur
- Suitable for
- Inexperienced wreckdivers (after 50 dives)
- Permit
- N.v.t.
- Access
- Departure from IJmuiden murene130@zonnetnl skipper W. Kroes (private boat), free access
- Facilities
- Divers lift, toilet, scuba fill station (nitrox)
- Water
- Salt
- Kind of dive
- Wreck dive, boat dive
- Current
- Limited
- Visibility
- 1 - 20 meter
- Average visibility
- 3 m.
- Depth
- 22 m.
- Bottom
- zand
- Life
- Anemone, cod, cod, crab, lobster, flatfish, pouting, starfish
- Other recreation
- None
- Emergency
- 112