This is the information page about the shipwreck Argo, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 43.273 N,1 25.167 E (50.7460167, 1.54795)

 

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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. Advent
2. Aiglon
3. Amandine
4. Argo
5. Atlantic (possibly)
6. Avoca
7. Belford
8. Blanc nez
9. Brandenburg
10. Cachalot
11. Christianssund
12. City of dresden (possibly)
13. Colbert
14. D'artagnan
15. Dartmore
16. De fontaine
17. Dixie
18. Dotterel
19. Eustratios (probably)
20. Evolution
21. Express
22. Flachsee
23. Gladys
24. Gloire a sainte therese
25. Grosser kurfurst
26. Harmatris
27. Henry moon
28. Heron
29. Hippocampe (?hypocampe)
30. Hms brazen
31. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
32. Hms glen boyne
33. Hms lord grey
34. Iltis (possibly)
35. Ines
36. Irene
37. Josephine willis
38. Katharina kolkmann
39. L'intrepide
40. La fleche
41. Le tregor
42. Les aulnays
43. Lizzonia
44. Loic
45. Lorraine
46. Marie-ange loic
47. Mercator
48. Merida
49. Moise
50. Mon bijou/fias
51. Moorside (probably)
52. Mrav
53. Munificent
54. Naranco
55. Negrier
56. Newcastle
57. Nicolaw
58. Niki
59. Notre dame des trois epis
60. Nunima
61. Ophelie
62. Pallieter
63. Petit antoine
64. Phoenix
65. Portslade (possibly)
66. Rhea
67. Rio parana
68. River levan
69. Rochester castle (possibly)
70. Saint benoit labre
71. Sainte marie de la mer
72. Shenandoah
73. Sir russell
74. Smarapaan
75. St cecilia
76. Sultana
77. Texaco caribbean (after section)
78. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
79. Tusnastabb (possibly)
80. U 8
81. U 93 (probably)
82. Ub 103 (possibly)
83. Ub 108 (possibly)
84. Ub 38
85. Ub 55 (probably)
86. Ub 56 (possibly)
87. Ub 58 (possibly)
88. Ub 78
89. Ub-33 (probably)
90. Uc 26
91. Uc 63
92. Uc 78 or uc 79
93. Unity
94. Vent arriere
95. Virgo sancta

 

Name: ARGO

Length 79.2 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 1720 ton

Cause: Mined. (ww1sl). sunk by mine 5m w by n of boulogne breakwater light whilst en route from boulogne to dunkirk. (ll ww1).

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 36 meter, Height above seabed: 120 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 2016

Details measurements/cartography: H7386/18 10.12.18 SUNK IN 504320N, 012544E. (FRENCH LIST OF WRECKS). 5.2.19 NOW CHARTED AS WK [OLD SYMBOL] IN 504335N, 012542.5E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. 12.22 AMEND TO DW ON CHARTS. 10.9.73 [OGB] POSN: 504331N, 012545E. NC 1892. 30.3.82 SHOWN AS USC 20MTRS ON FR 6795 [1979 EDN]. NE 2451. 11.6.85 NOT SHOWN ON FR 6682 [1985 EDN]. DELETED. R/P. H0024/87 14.1.88 WK, LEAST DEPTH 31.5 IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS, IN 504319N, 012515E [EUR]. LIES IN TWO PARTS - 69 AND 30MTRS LONG, ORIENTATED 120/300DEGS. (BREST NM 87 52 29 & FR WK NO 21601090). CHART AS WK 31MTRS IN 504314N, 012516E [OGB].

- NM 477/88.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 43.273 N,1 25.167 E

 

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