This is the information page about the shipwreck Babin-chevaye, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 47 35.94 N,5 7.09 W (47.900716666667, -5.1071333333333)

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.

Name: BABIN-CHEVAYE

Length 84.4 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 2174 ton

Cause: vessel, built 1901 by chant nantais de const mar, was sunk by a german submarine in the bay of biscay. owned at the time of loss by bureau freres & baillergeau. (dods). sunk while on passage from antofagasta to nantes. (ll ww1). sunk by german submarine 'u84' using gunfire & explosives. (der krieg zur see).

Year of registration: 1931

Water depth above wreck: 123 meter

Known since: 1931, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H455/31 29.1.31 NDW PA IN 473600N, 050700W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). SQ DATE. 29.3.76 SHOWN AS NDW PD ON FR 6030. R/P. 20.1.87 SHOWN AS WK USC PA 100MTRS ON FR 6989 [1986 EDN]. NC 2643. 9.5.88 WK USC 100MTRS IN 473600N, 050700W [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 1M. GEN DEPTH 123MTRS. (FR WK RECORDS 1987, NO.14575009). G/S. 10.5.88 SHOWN AS WK USC PD 100MTRS ON FR 7067 [1987 EDN]. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 47 35.94 N,5 7.09 W

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