This is the information page about the shipwreck Ar gwella, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 33.709 N,4 44.072 W (48.304416666667, -4.8459166666667)

 

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Name: AR GWELLA

Length 7.3 meter

Cause: sank off portsall, probably after hitting a rock. (french wk records, no.14584252).

Year of registration: 1986

Water depth above wreck: 12 meter

Known since: 1986, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H2302/84 14.8.86 WK, LEAST DEPTH LESS THAN 20MTRS, IN 483345N, 044407W [EUR]. POSN DOUBTFUL. (BREST NM 86 27 34).

- NM 2515/86. H2302/84 16.9.86 POSN NOW 483346N, 044358W [EUR]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).

- NM 2814/86. 25.8.89 WK IN 483345.8N, 044359.3W [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 100MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS, NO.14584252). INS AS DW. NC 1432. 29.12.89 SHOWN AS DW PA ON FRENCH 7094 [1988 EDN]. NC 1432. 28.4.92 SHOWN AS DW ON FRENCH 7149 & FRENCH 7150 [CORRECT TO 9/92]. BR STD. 3.7.06 SHOWN AS DW PA IN 4833.767N, 0443.984W [EUR] ON FRENCH 7094 [INT 1757] [1990 EDN CORRECT TO FRENCH NM 30-09-2004, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 1432. 15.4.08 SHOWN IN 4833.709N, 0444.072W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7094 [INT 1757] [3RD EDN 2007, 1:25,000, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 1432.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 48 33.709 N,4 44.072 W

 

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