Wreck: Armas (Carrier)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Armas, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 44.24 N,2 14.99 W (49.737333, -2.249833)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: ARMAS
Length 106.4 meter, width: 14.9 meter, draught: 8.8, tonnage 2526 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: built in 1953 by orenstein-koppel & lubecker masch, lubeck. owned at time of loss by the daisy shipping co ltd. passage nantes for le havre. stranded on great nannel reef, off burhou, nw of alderney. broke in two in heavy seas. 1 man lost. (msd).
Year of registration: 1973
Water depth above wreck: 0 meter
Known since: 1973, last detected: 1991
Details measurements/cartography: 16.1.74 REPORTED TO BE BREAKING UP. APPARENTLY BROKEN FORWARD OF BRIDGE FRONT. FORWARD SECTION NOW SUNK WITH PORT BOW ONLY AWASH. AFTER PART DOWN BY STERN. SEAS SWEEPING SUPERSTRUCTURE. (LL, 15.1.74). 25.1.74 STRANDED IN 494418N, 021454W. BOW SECTION AWASH AT HW. AFTER PART STILL APPARENTLY STRUCTURALLY INTACT. (LL, 18.1.74). CHART AS ST PA. NC 3653. HH100/351/04 7.6.91 LOCATED AS CHARTED. ENGINE AND PART OF BOW STILL EXPOSED. DOUBLE BOTTOM BETWEEN BOTH PARTS IS CONTINUOUS AT A MAX. DEPTH OF 9MTRS. NO SUPERSTRUCTURE REMAINS. THICK KELP OBSCURES MOST OF THE SITE. (LT R A HUNTER, PORTSMOUTH E RN SUB AQUA CLUB, 24.5.91). NCA. 31.8.06 WGD POSN: 4944.240N, 0214.990W. NE 60 [3RD EDN, MAY '04].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: ONLY ENGINE AND BOW EXPOSED
Position: 49 44.24 N,2 14.99 W
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