This is the information page about the shipwreck Bobrix (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 27.631 N,3 26.613 W (49.4055, -3.5834166666667)
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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: BOBRIX (POSSIBLY)
Length 61 meter, width: 8.5 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 647 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid
Cause: built in 1957 by schps 'de gideon' v/h j koster hzn, groningen. owned at time of loss by highseas ltd. passage bordeaux for teignmouth. took in water and listed during gale force weather. later sank after hatch covers loosened and tug 'noord-holland' unable to secure a tow. crew recovered by helicopter. (ll & msd).
Year of registration: 2004
Water depth above wreck: 68 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm
Known since: 2004, last detected: 2015
Details measurements/cartography: 3.11.04 WK 63MTRS SHOWN IN 4927.85N, 0326.80W [WGD] ON FRENCH 6941 [INT 1701] [EDN 4 DTD 2004]. BR STD. HH226/400/05 21.12.05 WK 63MTRS IN 4927.63N, 0326.61W [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 49/24/05). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 6.6.07 EXAM'D IN 4927.631N, 0326.613W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 63.9 IN GEN DEPTH 73MTRS. LENGTH 60MTRS, HT 10MTRS. LIES 090/270 DEGS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 2007). AMEND POSN. BR STD. SEP 2015/000152363 26.8.15 SHOWN AS WK 63MTRS ON FR369300 [ED3.0, DTD 22.6.15]. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 49 27.631 N,3 26.613 W