This is the information page about the shipwreck Amelie (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 9.268 N,3 50.044 W (50.154467, -3.834067)

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.

Name: AMELIE (PROBABLY)

Length 68.9 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1463 ton

Cause: built in 1883 by g howaldt. owned at the time of loss by armement adolf deppe. passage le havre for cardiff. torpedoed & sunk by german submarine. (llww1 & dods).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 59 meter, Height above seabed: 113 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2004

Details measurements/cartography: H2537/28 H2537/28 NCA. H3269/53 4.6.53 H3269/53 4.6.53 NOW CHARTED AS NDW PA IN 500400N, 034800W. (LLOYDS). BR STD. 6.3.73 6.3.73 NOW CHARTED AS USC PA 40MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 2519. H1936/80 2.10.81 H1936/80 2.10.81 WK EXAM'D 18.3.81 IN 500914N, 035002W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 52 IN GEN DEPTH 60MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6MTRS. ABOUT 70MTRS LONG, LYING NW/SE. APPARENTLY BREAKING UP AT N END. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 5/81). AMEND TO WK 52MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H1310/87/16 21.5.87 H1310/87/16 21.5.87 SMALL WK LYING WITH 20 DEG PORT LIST. ABOUT 200FT LONG & WW 1 ERA FROM GENERAL CONDITION. 2 HOLDS AFT AND FWD, BROKEN ACROSS NO 1 HOLD WITH FO'C'SLE LYING ON STBD SIDE ABOUT 30FT AWAY. 2 CYL COMPOUND STEAM ENGINE & COULD THEREFORE BE THE 'AMELIE', WHICH, ACCORDING TO LLOYDS, HAD THIS COMPARATIVELY RARE TYPE OF ENGINE. (A HILLGROVE, 9.4.87). HH091/059/01 3.5.05 HH091/059/01 3.5.05 EXAM'D 13.7.05 IN 5009.268N, 0350.044W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 53.4 IN GEN DEPTH 59.7MTRS. SCOUR <0.5MTR DEEP EXTENDS 45MTRS TOWARDS 113 DEGS. LENGTH 52MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS, HT 6.3MTRS. LIES 113/293 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 113 DEGS. DEBRIS EXTENDS 23MTRS TOWARDS 270 DEGS. INTACT. FISHING GEAR ON WK. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 53MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: PORT LIST, F'C'S'LE LIES CLOSE BY, FISHING GEAR ON WK

Position: 50 9.268 N,3 50.044 W

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