This is the information page about the shipwreck Boulgaria, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 58.08 N,1 36.732 W (50.24245, -1.9068)
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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: BOULGARIA
Year of registration: 1970
Water depth above wreck: 76 meter
Known since: 1970, last detected: 2002
Details measurements/cartography: 20.7.70 SANK IN 495830N, 013000W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) 8.3.71 SALVAGE VESSEL 'DROXFORD' WORKING ON WK IN 495800N, 013600W. (LL, 8.3.71). NCA. H3160/69 26.4.71 WK OF 'BOULGARIA' FOUND IN 495812N, 013636W [?EUR]. POSN BY DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 190FT IN GEN DEPTH 250FT. (TELECON MR MARTIN, RISDON BEAZLEY 1971). 19.6.90 WK 57MTRS SHOWN IN 495810N, 013640W [EUR] ON FR 6857 [1986 EDN]. UNKNOWN IN 495808.2N, 013639W [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 20MTRS. LEAST DEPTH 57 IN GEN DEPTH 76MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987). AMEND TO REVISED POSN. BR STD. 10.12.98 [OGB] POSN: 495802.7N, 013638.5W. 20.4.99 NOTED AS LIMITED DIFFUSION. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1999). AMENDED TO RESTRICTED - COMMERCIAL. 20.2.02 POSN NOW 4958.136N, 0136.649W [EUR]. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 2002). BR STD. 5.12.12 [WGD] POSN: 4958.080N, 0136.732E.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 49 58.08 N,1 36.732 W