The Dutch organization Duik De Noordzee Schoon (www.duikdenoordzeeschoon.nl) is a group of wreck divers collecting waste and lost fishing gear from North Sea shipwrecks. They collaborate with biologists and archaeologists to assess the biological and archaeological value of shipwrecks. I have based these artist's impressions of the complete shipwrecks on film footage made with a helmet camera by one of the divers.
The enigmatic 'Poppetjeswrak' must have been a fast clipper sailing between England and the continent. No one knows its real name or how it perished. It rests south-east of the Brown Ridge (southern North Sea) and was named after the 'poppetjes' (small china) which were part of the cargo.
Wreck length: 70m. Depth: 32-38m.
Forepart of the ship.
Line drawing of the topview of the ship's forepart and of the entire wreck.
Top view of the forepart of Poppetjeswrak, filmed by Rob Verboom.
Two steam boilers and steam engine of Poppetjeswrak, filmed by Rob Verboom.
The Dutch paddle steamer Koningin Regentes (built in 1895) was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine on 6 June 1918. At the time, she was in service as a hospital ship. Seven died. The wreck lies east of Leman Bank (southern North Sea).
Original ship dimensions: 97.5 x 11 x 4.9m. Depth: 23-28m.
Original ship dimensions: 97.5 x 11 x 4.9m. Depth: 23-28m.
Part of the steam engine of Koningin Regentes, filmed by Rob Verboom.
Anchor windlass of Koningin Regentes, filmed by Rob Verboom.
