Sloet Van Der Beele (Probably) Wreck

Surveying Details

H6473/45 24.1.46 TWO MASTED WK, ALSO SHOWING DERRICK HEAD, PASSED AT 2M. FIXED 154DEG, 12.2M FROM SHOALWATER LT. EVIDENTLY WK OF A MERCHANTMAN. (HMS WHITE BEAR, 1.12.45). INS AS DW , WITH TOPMASTS SHOWING, IN 10FMS, IN 033000S, 1071830E. - NM 105/46. H6473/45 24.1.46 DW, WITH 2 MASTS SHOWING ABOUT 40FT, SIGHTED IN 032830S, 1071742E APPROX. FIXED BY SHIP STATION. (HMS PETARD, HN DTD 14.12.45). H2903/55 27.3.56 SHOWN IN 032950S, 1071810E ON INDONESIAN 63. NC 2137. H6473/45 5.9.62 MASTS NO LONGER VISIBLE. (US NM 3884/62; INDONESIAN NM 31/229/62). - NM 1940/62. H6473/45 1.10.68 ABOVE CONFIRMED. (MV MARCHEN, HN DTD 22.8.68). NCA. 13.8.80 SHOWN IN 033030S, 1071915E ON INDONESIAN 104 [1977 EDN]. NCA. 3.8.88 SHOWN IN 033030S, 1071930E ON INDONESIAN 104 [1982 EDN]. NC 2137. 15.3.89 SHOWN IN 033030S, 1071810E ON LARGEST SCALE INDONESIAN 63 [1982 EDN]. NC 2137. 17.11.94 SHOWN IN 033005S, 1071810E ON INDONESIAN 63 [1989 EDN]. BR STD. 19.1.99 SHOWN IN 0330.400S, 10719.400E [UND] ON INDONESIAN 104 [1991 EDN, CORRECTED TO WK 37/96]. NOT LARGEST SCALE. NCA. HH525/575/05 19.4.02 DIVED IN 0329.98S, 10718.390E [WGD] USING GPS. DEPTH OVER WK 8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. UPRIGHT AND SLIGHLY COLLAPSED. BOWS TOWARDS 315DEGS. RECOVERED CROCKERY BEARS THE NAME: KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSHIPIJ. MEASURED LENGTH BY TAPE IS 105MTRS. MUCH SMALL ARM MUNITIONS SEEN, INDICATING THAT IT MAY HAVE BEEN CARRING TROOPS. CONVINCED THAT THIS IS 'SLOET VAN DER BEELE' FROM EVIDENCE ABOVE AND THAT IT LIES ON THE DIRECT ROUTE FROM TANJONG PANDAN TO BATAVIA (NOW JAKARTA). 'KPM' LOST SEVERAL SHIPS IN THE REGION, BUT NONE CLOSE TO THIS LOCATION. (V SKOGLIE, EMAIL DTD 29.3.02). AMEND TO WK 7MTRS IN REVISED POSN. - NM 2339/02. 13.5.05 SHOWN AS DW ON INDONESIAN 63 [OCT '02 EDN]. RETAIN WK 7MTRS, FROM DIVE REPORT. NCA.