This is the information page about the shipwreck Bordeaux, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 45 30.939 N,1 34.838 W (45.770116666667, -1.35895)
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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: BORDEAUX
Length 112.8 meter, width: 14.3 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 4530 ton
Load: grain
Cause: vessel, built 1891 by r stephenson & co. owned at the time of loss by cie generale transatlantique. torpedoed & sunk by a submarine in the bay of biscay. (dods).
Year of registration: 1919
Water depth above wreck: 42 meter
Known since: 1919, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: H1302/19 4.1.19 H1302/19 4.1.19 WK LIES 251DEGS, 12M FROM PTE COUBRE. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). PLOTS IN 453100N, 013515W APPROX. H2967/22 18.5.22 H2967/22 18.5.22 DELETE WK IN 453753N, 013006W [NO PREVIOUS RECORD] & INS AS DW (1918) PA IN 453100N, 013515W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BA 2910. H7203/51 13.12.51 H7203/51 13.12.51 SHOWN AS NDW PD ON FRENCH 4872. BA 2910. 30.8.79 30.8.79 SHOWN AS WK USC PD 20MTRS [11FMS] ON FRENCH 6788. NE 2664. 9.4.85 9.4.85 WK IN 453100N, 013445W. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1984, NO.14551119). 28.5.86 28.5.86 SHOWN AS DW PD IN 453100N, 013445W ON FRENCH 7070 [1985 EDN]. NC 2664. 29.7.93 29.7.93 SHOWN AS NDW PA ON FRENCH 6990 [1992 EDN, 1:355000]. BR STD. 3.12.08 3.12.08 SHOWN AS WK USC 20MTRS ON FRENCH 7211 [4TH EDN 2008, 1:1,000,000]. NCA. 12.8.09 SEP 2009000062843 12.8.09 SHOWN AS WK USC PD 20MTRS IN 4530.945N, 0134.960W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7070 [INT 1804] [2ND EDN 2009, 1:150,000, LARGEST SCALE]. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 45 30.939 N,1 34.838 W