This is the information page about the shipwreck Azuero, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 45 39.816 N,1 17.384 W (45.5484, -1.0411333333333)

 

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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. Albatros
2. Antietam (part of)
3. Antietam (part of)
4. Azuero
5. Beautemps beaupre
6. Bordeaux
7. Capbreton
8. Cascais (?cascaes)
9. Conde
10. Cotre 475
11. Cyclone
12. David caldwell (aft section)
13. David caldwell (fwd section)
14. Etoile du matin
15. Flandre (aft section)
16. Flandre (fwd section)
17. Flevo iv (possibly)
18. Francesco
19. Galatee
20. Galet d'or
21. Georgios
22. Gironde
23. Greve de cayenne
24. Gyptis
25. Hafnia
26. Hollywood
27. Holt hill
28. Immaculee conception
29. Jean sebastien
30. Kegums
31. La brestoise
32. Le vent (possibly)
33. Leontine
34. Les trois freres
35. Mar adriatico
36. Marquis de mudela
37. Mecanicien principal carvin
38. Mexique
39. Neftegorsk
40. Noviembre
41. Prima
42. Quebec
43. Ramon membru
44. Rhin (possibly)
45. Rosalin
46. Saint pierre
47. Sainte helene (possibly)
48. Sperrbrecher 5
49. Sperrbrecher 6
50. St yves
51. T 24 (fwd part)
52. T'chel arnou
53. Tarragona
54. Toutou
55. Ulfsborg
56. Vendee
57. Vent
58. Victoire
59. Ville de royan
60. Z-24

 

Name: AZUERO

Length 134.4 meter, width: 17.4 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 7176 ton
Load: granular or powdery material

Cause: vessel, built 1944 by j a jones construction co, grounded after developing engine trouble in bad weather. huge waves split her hull open, breaking her back between no.3 hold & the engine room. all crew were rescued. owned at the time of loss by cia nav azuero. (msd).

Year of registration: 1968

Water depth above wreck: 2 meter

Known since: 1968, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H3272/53 28.2.69 ST IN 453953N, 011722W. (FRENCH NM 69 06 15).

- NM 486/69. 18.3.80 SHOWN AS DW ON FRENCH 6336 [1980 EDN]. NE 2910. H2418/78 28.10.80 ST ALWAYS UNCOVERED. (FRENCH NM 40 45 80). BR STD. 26.9.83 SHOWN AS ST IN 453953N, 011718W [EUR] ON FRENCH 6336 [1983 EDN]. NC 2910. 27.9.83 'AZUERO' STRANDED IN 453953N, 011719W [EUR]. WK IS ALWAYS UNCOVERED IN GEN DEPTH 4MTRS BY E/S. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1983). 29.6.06 SHOWN IN 4539.819N, 0117.380W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7425 [INT 1849] [2ND EDN 2005, 1:25,000, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 3058.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UK NM 3563/18

Position: 45 39.816 N,1 17.384 W

 

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