This is the information page about the shipwreck Blanc nez, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 48.096 N,1 32.634 E (51.0898333, 1.7715833)
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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: BLANC NEZ
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 15 meter
Known since: 1918, last detected: 2008
Details measurements/cartography: H7386/18 10.12.18 H7386/18 10.12.18 WK IN 504810N, 013240E. (FRENCH LIST OF WRECKS). CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL]. BR STD. H4325/22 12.7.22 H4325/22 12.7.22 NOT CONSIDERED DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION. (PARIS NM 26/851/22). DEC 22 AMEND SYMBOL TO DW. NE 1895. H4275/59 17.11.59 H4275/59 17.11.59 NOW CHARTED AS DW IN 504810N, 013238E. NC 329. 10.9.73 10.9.73 SHOWN IN 504806N, 013242E ON NC 1892. 10.6.85 10.6.85 SHOWN AS DW IN 504810N, 013241E, APPROX ON FR 6682 [1985 EDN]. AMEND TO DW PA IN 504810N, 013238E. R/P. 23.4.91 23.4.91 NOW WK, WITH UNSURVEYED CLEARANCE DEPTH 6MTRS, IN 504812N, 013242E [EUR] (+/-1 MILE). LIES IN GEN DEPTH 15MTRS. (FR WK NO.21601066). AMEND TO USC PA 6MTRS IN 504807N, 013241E [OGB].
- NM 1303/91. 28.7.93 28.7.93 SHOWN AS USC PD 6MTRS ON FR 7323 [1992 EDN]. BR STD. 29.9.06 SEP 2006/0000373179 & 2006/0000382383 29.9.06 THIS WRECK MERGED WITH WK NO [21286] ON FRENCH 6824 [4TH EDN 2006], 2ND SCALE. SHOWN AS WKS 1MTR IN 5048.096N, 0132.634E [WGD]. E-MAIL DTD 19.9.06 FROM EPSHOM (B MORIN) EXPLAINS THAT BOTH WRECKS NOW VERY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER AND THAT LARGER SCALE FRENCH 7323 WILL BE AMENDED BY NM I.D.C. AMENDED TO WKS 1MTR IN REVISED POSN.
- NM 5088/06. 27.8.08 27.8.08 RECORD REVISED, FORMER FRENCH NM 40/16/06 AMENDS TO WK USC 1MTR. INSERT WITH DANGER LINE EXTENDED SE TO COVER [21286] & RETAIN LEGEND WKS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: COVERS [21286]
Position: 50 48.096 N,1 32.634 E