This is the information page about the shipwreck Ammersee, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 18.44 N,3 29.59 W (49.4055, -3.5834166666667)

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: AMMERSEE

Length 50.3 meter, width: 7.3 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 420 ton
Load: armament

Cause: 4.10.74 abandoned, crew being taken off by mv 'roswitha' on 4.10.74. left drifting with accommodation burnt out & down by stern. french air force flew 2 bombing missions on 6.10.74 to try to sink, but failed. french escort vessel, frigate 'les champenois', sank 'ammersee' by hitting with a single shell. (lloyds 217 & daily telegraph 7.10.74). vessel built 1953, machinery aft. registered at famagusta.

Year of registration: 1974

Water depth above wreck: 70 meter

Known since: 1974, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: 7.10.74 ABANDONED IN 492000N, 034500W, 185DEGS, 58M FROM START POINT. SUNK IN 491830N, 032930W APPROX. (LLOYDS 217 & DAILY TELEGRAPH 7.10.74). H4984/74 78.12.30 USC PA 46MTRS IN 491830N, 032930W [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 78.12.30). BR STD. 9.2.79 SHOWN AS NDW PA IN 491824N, 032930W ON FR 5069. 9.8.88 1987 SHOWN AS USC PD 46.0 MTRS IN FRENCH WK RECORDS 1988. NC 2668.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 18.44 N,3 29.59 W

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