Wreck: Boccaccio (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Boccaccio, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 12.913 N,5 14.125 W (48.215217, -5.235417)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: BOCCACCIO
Length 104.2 meter, width: 14.3 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 3027 ton
Load: non-ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,metal: concentrate and products
Cause: built 1919 by lloyd royal belge, with triple expansion engines of 359nhp. owned at the time of loss by 'tirrenia' soc anon di nav. sank off ushant following an internal explosion and fire whilst on passage hamburg for genoa. (dods).
Year of registration: 1937
Water depth above wreck: 107 meter
Known since: 1937, last detected: 2019
Details measurements/cartography: H7761/37 3.12.37 WK IN 481200N, 051500W APPROX. (LLOYDS LIST). NCA. 24.11.75 SHOWN AS NDW PA IN 481233N, 051248W ON FRENCH 5316. COULD POSSIBLY BE THE 'BOCCACCIO'. NCA. 27.11.79 SHOWN AS NDW IN 481230N, 051230W ON FRENCH 4735. SHOWN AS NDW PA IN 481233N, 051336W ON FRENCH 5316 [1979 EDN]. BR STD. H3774/81 22.10.85 LOCATED IN 481257N, 051402W. LEAST DEPTH 105MTRS [57FMS]. (FRENCH NM 85 38 28). WK IN 481258N, 051402W [EUR]. (FRENCH WK RECORDS, NO.14585068). BR STD. 6.1.00 SHOWN AS WK PD 105MTRS IN 4812.970N, 0514.033W [EUR] ON FRENCH 7172 [1998 EDN]. NC 2350. 4.3.09 WK 105MTRS SHOWN IN 4812.913N, 0514.125W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7172 [3RD EDN 2008, 1:50,000, LARGEST SCALE]. NE 2035.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 48 12.913 N,5 14.125 W
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