This is the information page about the shipwreck Acer, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 0.614 N,1 49.514 E (51.0898333, 1.7715833)

 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

 

1. Acer
2. Acer
3. Advent
4. Agen
5. Alhama
6. Andaman
7. Ashley
8. Belford
9. Blanc nez
10. British liberty (possibly)
11. Ca 4
12. Cachalot
13. Camisard
14. Cap de la hague
15. Carmen
16. Colbert (possibly)
17. Costas michalos (fwd part)
18. D'artagnan
19. Dartmore
20. Dixie
21. Dotterel
22. Dyck ltv
23. E goodwin ltv
24. Elizabeth and unknown
25. G 85 (possibly)
26. G-42 (possibly)
27. Genimar
28. Gladys
29. Gloire a sainte therese
30. Harmatris
31. Henry b plant
32. Hippocampe (?hypocampe)
33. Hms flirt
34. Hms hermes
35. Hms lord grey
36. Hms redcar
37. Hms wessex
38. Hoegh aigrette
39. Iltis (possibly)
40. Ines
41. Ira (possibly)
42. Jean pierre et phillipe
43. Jonrix
44. Jupiter tr 1 (possibly)
45. La fleche
46. Le pelerin de la mer
47. Lord hamilton (possibly)
48. Lst 364 (probably)
49. Luray victory
50. M 3630 (possibly)
51. Madimba (probably)
52. Marie-ange loic
53. Mariner moon
54. Mercator
55. Moise
56. Moorside (probably)
57. Munificent
58. Nagro (possibly)
59. Neerlandais
60. Netty (possibly)
61. Nicolaw
62. Niendorf (possibly)
63. Noroit
64. North eastern victory
65. Notre dame des trois epis
66. Ocean hound
67. Okeania
68. Pallieter
69. Paris (possibly)
70. Pavon
71. Petit antoine
72. Phoenix
73. Port nicholson (probably)
74. Portrieux
75. Quentovic
76. Rio parana
77. Rynanna
78. Saint antoine de padoue
79. Saint benoit labre
80. Saint michael veillez sur nous
81. Saint ronan (possibly)
82. Sambut
83. Santagata
84. Santagata (?part of)
85. Smarapaan
86. Sperrbrecher 171 (possibly)
87. St pierre (aft section)
88. St pierre (fore portion)
89. Tbd 317
90. Toornvliet (probably)
91. Tusnastabb (possibly)
92. U 37
93. U 48
94. Uc 26
95. Uc 46
96. Uc 78 or uc 79
97. Virginie
98. Virgo sancta
99. Western farmer (bow section)
100. Xanthence

 

Name: ACER

Length 58.2 meter, width: 9.4 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 554 ton
Load: stone

Cause: Capsized and sank in rough weather while on passage dunkirk to littlehampton. (ll).

Year of registration: 1973

Water depth above wreck: 19 meter

Known since: 1973, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: 2.8.73 ON RIDENS SANDS IN 510047N, 014937E IN 20MTRS. TOP OF MAST 1.0MTR ABOVE SEA LEVEL AT LWS TIDE. MARKED WITH BICONIC BUOY. (LLOYDS 213). NC 1892. 17.8.73 WK MARKING BUOY ESTABLISHED IN 510042N, 015000E. (NAVEAM 280/73). H5493/69 24.9.73 DW (MAST) 348DEGS, 2.42M FROM CALAIS E BREAKWATER LT, MARKED BY G CONL BUOY WITH E TOPMARK CLOSE E. (BREST NM 73/33/03).

- NM 1903/73. H4984/74 18.4.75 BUOY WITHDRAWN. (BREST NM 75 13 19).

- NM 869/75. H4984/74 24.8.78 SHOWN AS WK 15.7MTRS IN 510041N, 014940E ON FRENCH 6651 & BREST NM 78 27 25. BR STD. 22.11.82 SHOWN IN 510040.2N, 014934.8E ON FRENCH 6474 [1982 EDN]. NE 1352. 30.9.97 SHOWN IN 510040N, 014932.5E ON FRENCH 7258 [1997 EDN]. NC 1351. SEP 2006/000378555 13.10.06 SHOWN AS WK 16.8MTRS IN 5100.614N, 0149.514E [WGD] ON FRENCH 7258 [EDN 3 DTD 2006]. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UK NM 3912/20

Position: 51 0.614 N,1 49.514 E

 

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