This is the information page about the shipwreck Baynaen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 47 34.229 N,3 39.659 W (47.724433333333, -3.3529666666667)
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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: BAYNAEN
Length 101.2 meter, width: 14 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 3227 ton
Cause: vessel, built 1904 by w doxford & sons, was torpedoed & sunk by a german submarine. owned at time of loss by bay ss co. (dods). sunk while on passage from dakar to harve. (ll ww1).
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 72 meter
Known since: 1917, last detected: 2019
Details measurements/cartography: SANK 20M NW BY W OF BELLE ILE. (DODS). H1271/86 29.7.87 SHOWN AS WK USC PA 45MTRS [24FMS] IN 473417.8N, 033933.4W ON FRENCH 7031 [1986 EDN]. G/S. 31.8.88 SHOWN AS WK USC 45MTRS ON FRENCH 7067 [1987 EDN]. 1.9.88 SS 'BAYNAEN' IN 473417.8N, 033933.4W [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 100MTRS. USC 45MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 65MTRS. LENGTH 100MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987, NO.14573185). AMEND TO WK USC 45MTRS IN 473417.8N, 033933.4W. G/S. 25.6.03 NOT SHOWN ON FRENCH 6989 [3RD EDN 2003]. NCA YET, AWAIT FRENCH LARGER SCALE CHARTS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 47 34.229 N,3 39.659 W