This is the information page about the shipwreck Amienois, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 45 31.575 N,0 55.814 W (45.5484, -1.0411333333333)

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: AMIENOIS

Length 101.2 meter, width: 16.2 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 3713 ton
Load: chemicals,containers

Cause: 22.6.40 vessel, built in 1932 by furness sb co. owned at the time of loss by compagnie des bateaux a vapeur du nord. was bombed & sunk by german aircraft 22.6.40 when leaving bordeaux. (dods).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 10 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: 17.3.49 ST SHOWN IN 453148N, 005554W ON FRENCH 5490. NE 2910. H7203/51 9.4.54 NOW IN 453136N, 005547W. (PARIS NM 54 04 31).

- NM 732/54. H3272/53 9.6.55 SHOWN IN 453135N, 005550W ON FRENCH 5490. NE 2910. 6.2.84 SHOWN IN 453139N, 005546W ON FRENCH 6336 [1983 EDN]. NC 2910. 7.2.84 WK OF LARGE MERCHANT SHIP 'AMIENIOS' LIES STRANDED IN 453139N, 005543.2W [EUR]. STATED AS ALWAYS UNCOVERED IN GEN DEPTH 9.0MTRS BY E/S. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1983). 30.10.86 SHOWN AS DW MAST (HEIGHT 14MTRS) ON FRENCH 7028 [1985 EDN]. NE 2910. 26.2.03 SHOWN AS DW MASTS IN 4531.580N, 0055.820W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7426 [INT 1845] [1ST EDN 2002, 1:50,000, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NC 3057.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 45 31.575 N,0 55.814 W

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