This is the information page about the shipwreck Beignon, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 47 20 N,10 30 W (47.5, -10.5)

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: BEIGNON

Length 130.1 meter, width: 17.1 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 5218 ton

Cause: built in 1939 by w doxford & co. owned at time of loss by nolisement ss co. oil engine of 516nhp. passage freetown for the tyne. torpedeod by u-30. (dods & axis submarine successes).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 3700 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1987

Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 482400N, 125200W. (D.S.). NO ACTION. H01001/40 18.11.40 H01001/40 18.11.40 SINKING POSN 465900N, 113900W. (O.U. 6353/40). NO ACTION. 10.7.87 10.7.87 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 472000N, 103000W APPROX. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 47 20 N,10 30 W

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