This is the information page about the shipwreck Bohlen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 10.57 N,5 10.475 W (48.399083333333, -5.3334666666667)
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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: BOHLEN
Length 145.4 meter, width: 19.2 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 7644 ton
Load: oil
Cause: built 1961 by admiralteiskiy shipyard, leningrad. owned at time of loss by veb deutfracht/seereederei. sank after taking in water during a severe storm whilst on passage venezuela for rostock. 25 of 36 crew lost. (msd).
Year of registration: 1976
Water depth above wreck: 97 meter
Known since: 1976, last detected: 2019
Details measurements/cartography: 18.10.76 SANK IN 481100N, 051200W APPROX. (LL, 15.10.76). H2770/69 4.2.77 NDW PA IN 481100N, 051200W. ORIGINALLY MARKED BY R SPH BUOY, RAREFL [ALMOST CERTAINLY REMOVED]. (AVURNAV BREST 252/76). INS AS NDW PA IN 481100N, 051200W. BR STD. H2770/69 21.3.77 BW CAN LT BUOY, ISO.4S, RAREFL WHISTLE, LAID IN 481000N, 051000W. SALVAGE WORK IN PROGRESS. (AVURNAV BREST 90/77 & NAVEAM 15/77). NCA. H2770/69 4.5.77 NDW IN 481030N, 051054W MARKED BY BW CARD LT BUOY, ISO.4S, 216DEGS 400MTRS FROM WK. PROHIBITED AREA 1000MTRS RADIUS ESTABLISHED. (BREST NM 77 13 23).
- NM 1110/77. H3464/70 19.7.77 N CARD LT BUOY, INTQKFL.12S, LAID 320DEGS 400MTRS FROM WK. E CARD LT BUOY, QKFL.R, LAID 090DEGS 400MTRS FROM WK. (BREST NM 77 25 03(T)). NCA. H2770/69 4.10.77 BUOY & PROHIBITED AREA REMOVED. (BREST NM 77 38 15).
- NM 2331/77. H3464/70 16.12.77 BREST NM [77 25 03T] CANCELLED. 27.11.79 SHOWN AS NDW IN 481030N, 051000W ON FRENCH 4735. 11.1.80 SHOWN IN 481033N, 051000W ON FRENCH 5316 [1979 EDN]. AMEND POSN. BR STD. H3774/81 6.6.84 WK IN 481037N, 051023W [EUR]. LEAST DEPTH 83MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 103MTRS. (BREST NM 84 09 24 & FRENCH WK RECORDS 1984, NO.14585121). INS AS WK 45FMS [83MTRS] IN 481037N, 051023W. BR STD. 29.3.90 WK IN 481037.2N, 051023.3W [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 20MTRS. LEAST DEPTH 83MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 103MTRS. NAME NOT STATED. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987, NO.1458121). NCA. SEP 2009000084718 18.2.10 SHOWN IN 4810.570N, 0510.475W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7066 [INT 1800] [3RD EDN 2006, CORRECT TO NM 25-37-09, 1:150,000, 2ND SCALE], & ON FRENCH 7172 [3RD EDN 2008, 1:50,000, LARGEST SCALE]. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 48 10.57 N,5 10.475 W