This is the information page about the shipwreck Artois, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 28.507 N,0 4.724 E (49.7491667, 0.3417833)
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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: ARTOIS
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 2 meter
Known since: 1917, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: H4472/17 24.7.17 WK IN 492836N, 000439E. (HYDROGRAPHIC DEPT). CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL] (1917) IN POSN 227DEGS, 7.25C FROM JETTY SUD LT.
- NM 754/17. H3202/21 5.1.25 DW IN 482836N, 000439E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 2146. H3202/21 DELETED FROM BA 2613 BY NOTE. SQ. DATE [11.16]. 6.3.50 SHOWN AS DW IN 492836N, 000439E ON FR CHARTS. LC 2990. H2255/52 9.4.52 SHOWN AS DW IN 492836N, 000439E ON FR 4937 [1948 EDN]. NC 2146 & NC 2613. 1.10.74 SHOWN AS DW IN 492838N, 000446E [EUR] ON FR 5529. NC 2146. 20.7.76 SHOWN AS ST IN 492839N, 000445E [EUR] ON FR 6603. NE 2990 & NE 2146. H4903/75 18.11.77 STATED AS PROBABLY THE WK 'ARTOIS' IN 492836N, 000439E. POSN GIVEN AS 492836N, 000448E. (FR WK INFO EXCHANGE). NCA. H1271/79 20.12.84 NO LONGER ST. (BREST NM 84 46 21). AMEND TO DW PA IN 492836N, 000448E. BR STD. 5.2.88 SHOWN AS WK 0.6MTRS IN 492833.5N, 000448E ON FR 6683 [1987 EDN]; POSN ACCURACY 20MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 2MTRS BY V/S & E/S. HT 1.5MTRS ABOVE SEABED. (FR WK RECORDS 1987 NO.18090066). G/S. 23.1.90 SHOWN AS WK 0.6MTRS IN 492833.5N, 000448E ON FR 6736 [2ND EDN 1989]. NE 2146. 13.6.07 LIES IN 4928.561N, 0004.804E [EUR]. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 2007). BR STD. 18.6.13 [WGD] POSN: 4928.507N, 0004.724E.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 49 28.507 N,0 4.724 E