This is the information page about the shipwreck Bison (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 47 44.402 N,3 20.729 W (47.724433333333, -3.3529666666667)

 

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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.

 

1. Amzer zo
2. Audacieuse
3. Bassure baas
4. Baumann
5. Bison (possibly)
6. Bourbaki
7. Bugalet
8. Crapaud
9. Devastation
10. Edouard de cougy
11. Gournis (probably)
12. Graafvisar (possibly)
13. Guinevere
14. Iser
15. Jean-pierre robert
16. L 128
17. L'aventurier
18. La margotte
19. Locqueltas
20. Lys immacule
21. Marulie
22. Monique
23. Nadia
24. Nadia (possibly)
25. Nann smith
26. Pontoporos (probably)
27. Quo vadis
28. Rodi
29. Sanaga
30. Sancta-maria
31. Saturn
32. Sperrbrecher 134
33. Strasbourg
34. Surveillante (possibly)
35. Thracia (probably)
36. Thuringen
37. Vengeur
38. Yser

 

Name: BISON (POSSIBLY)

Length 111.6 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 2577 ton

Cause: 25.6.44 vessel, built 1939 ex 'le flibustier', was torpedoed by a german submarine to act as a blockship at toulon on 25.6.44. vessel was later salved & scrapped at lorient. (french warships & the french navy, vol 1).

Year of registration: 1980

Water depth above wreck: 0 meter, Height above seabed: 117 cm

Known since: 1980, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H2288/78 22.1.81 STF WITH BOW 169DEGS, 195MTRS FROM PTE DE L'ESPERANCE LT. STERN 192.5DEGS, 200MTRS FROM LT. (BREST NM 80 51 30). STF SHOWN IN 474427N, 032041W AMENDED TO STF, WITH BOW 169DEGS, 195MTRS FROM PTE DE L'ESPERANCE LT. STERN 192.5DEGS, 200MTRS FROM LT. NE 304. 17.11.87 SHOWN IN 474429N, 032037.5W ON FR 6470 [1987 EDN]. AMEND TO STF, 130MTRS LONG ORIENTATED SE/NW, IN 474429N, 032037.5W. NE 304. 1.5.90 UNKNOWN ST IN 474428.2N, 032036.5W [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 100MTRS. DRYING HEIGHT NOT KNOWN. (FR WK RECORDS 1987, NO.14573194). 22.11.96 SHOWN AS STF IN 474427N, 032039W ON FR 7140 [1995 EDN]. NC 304. 24.8.01 SHOWN AS STF IN 4744.458N, 0320.650 [EUR]. LENGTH 130MTRS, BEAM 15MTRS, ORIENTATED 117/297DEGS ON FR 7140 [1995 EDN]. SHOWN ON BA 304 [1997 EDN].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 47 44.402 N,3 20.729 W

 

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