This is the information page about the shipwreck Basuta, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 12.94 N,5 21.09 W (49.38995, -5.1703666666667)
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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: BASUTA
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 101 meter
Known since: 1918, last detected: 2021
Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 45M SSW FROM LIZARD. (WW1SL). 1918 LAST SEEN AFLOAT IN 491300N, 052100W. 2 TUGS SENT TO POSN BUT FOUND NOTHING. (DOCKET M06371). 10.3.18 SUNK 47M 50.5W FROM PENZANCE. (MASTER, DOCKET M12165). 30.12.77 NOT SHOWN ON FRENCH 6680 [INT 1708] OR IN FRENCH WRECK RECORDS. H1271/80 13.6.80 SHOWN AS NDW IN 491300N, 052100W ON FRENCH 6680D [1980 EDN]. BR STD. 30.6.99 LISTED AS WK USC PD 75MTRS IN FRENCH WK RECORDS 1999. BR STD. 20.2.09 SHOWN AS WK USC PD 75MTRS IN 4912.940N, 0521.090W [WGD] ON FRENCH 6680 [INT 1708] [3RD EDN 2003 CORRECT TO NM 42 29 08, 1:150,000, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION). NC 2647.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 49 12.94 N,5 21.09 W