This is the information page about the shipwreck Arras (or aviso), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 24.089 N,4 49.747 W (48.304416666667, -4.8459166666667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: ARRAS (OR AVISO)
Year of registration: 1921
Water depth above wreck: 20 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm
Known since: 1921, last detected: 2021
Details measurements/cartography: H561/22 30.1.22 WK 9MTRS IN 482417N, 045006W. (PARIS NM 107/22).
- NM 248/22. H2537/28 29.6.51 LEAST DEPTH NOW 8.6MTRS, BUOY REMOVED. (PARIS NM 51 21 15).
- NM 1189/51. 19.8.77 WK 8.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. SIZE, OVER 50MTRS OR 1000TONS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1976). 3.5.83 WK OF MERCHANT SHIP 'ARRAS' IN 482417.4N, 044953.4W [EUR]. LEAST DEPTH 8.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1984). 4.7.83 SHOWN AS DWP 8.6MTRS IN 482416N, 044953W, LYING NW/SE ON FRENCH 5159. NC 3345. H1271/85 13.8.86 SHOWN AS WK PA 8.6MTRS ON FRENCH 5287 [1986 EDN]. BR STD. HH353/350/01 24.5.90 SHOWN AS WK 8.6MTRS IN 482417.5N, 044953.5W ON FRENCH 7122 [1989 EDN]. SLOOP 'AVISO' IN 482417.5N, 044953.5W [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 100MTRS. LEAST DEPTH 8.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987, NO.14584056). BR STD. 15.1.98 SHOWN AS WK 8.9MTRS ON FRENCH 7122 [1997 EDN] [LARGEST SCALE]. NC 3345. 5.3.09 SHOWN IN 4824.232N, 0449.982W [WGD] ON FRENCH 6680 [3RD EDN 2003, CORRECT TO NM 42 29 08, 1:150,000, 3RD SCALE ADOPTION]. NC 2647. 22.10.09 SHOWN IN 4824.233N, 0449.981W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7122 [3RD EDN 2008, 1:25,000, LARGEST SCALE]. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 48 24.089 N,4 49.747 W