This is the information page about the shipwreck Birchgrove, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 47 37.94 N,3 45.08 W (47.727533333333, -4.0607666666667)
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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: BIRCHGROVE
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 65 meter
Known since: 1917, last detected: 2019
Details measurements/cartography: M80175 SANK IN 473800N, 034500W OR 287DEGS, 10M FROM ILE DE GROIX. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H1271/81 1.7.81 SHOWN AS NDW PD IN 473800N, 034505W ON FR 5479 [1981 EDN]. CHART AS NDW PD IN 473800N, 034500W. R/P. 8.9.83 NOT LISTED IN FR WRECK RECORDS 1976. 29.7.87 SHOWN AS WK USC PD 45MTRS ON FR 7031 [1986 EDN]. G/S. 31.8.88 WK USC 45MTRS IN 473800N, 0034500W [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 5M [=PD]. GEN DEPTH 65MTRS. (FR WK RECORDS 1987, NO.14573183).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 47 37.94 N,3 45.08 W