This is the information page about the shipwreck Bourrasque, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 14.95 N,2 33.021 E (51.1325, 2.5103667)
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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: BOURRASQUE
Length 105.8 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 1458 ton
Cause: Built in 1925 by chantiers de france, dunkirk. turbine engines of 33000 ihp for 33 knots. four 5.1 inch, two 37mm guns, 6 torpedo tubes. mined. during dunkirk evacuation. 56 men lost. (dods).
Year of registration: 1965
Water depth above wreck: 18 meter
Known since: 1965, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: H2873/63 6.12.65 WK 12MTRS IN 511500N, 023309E [EUR]. (OSTENDE NM 156/65). INS AS WK 6FMS 3FT.
- NM 2245/65. 23.4.74 SHOWN AS DW ON NETH 1035. NCA. 15.2.85 LEAST E/S DEPTH 12.4 IN GEN DEPTH 18MTRS IN 511500N, 023308E [EUR]. (FR WK RECORD 2162215). H1310/85/8 15.2.85 DIVED ON 28.7.84. VERY BROKEN UP AND NOT EASY TO IDENTIFY. DURING A SECOND DIVE DURING NOVEMBER SOME FRENCH AMMUNITION WAS FOUND AND SO THIS WK IS THOUGHT PROBABLY TO BE THE FRENCH DESTROYER BOURRASQUE. IT IS APPARENTLY LYING UPSIDE DOWN AND IS ALMOST COMPLETELY BURIED IN A SANDBANK. (J COULON, 25.1.85). H1310/88/18 8.8.88 CONFIRMED AS WK OF BOURRASQUE - 130MM SHELL CASES AND VARIOUS OTHER FRENCH ITEMS FOUND. (J COULON, 15.3.88). HH342/350/01 14.3.89 NOW SW 13.2MTRS IN 511500N, 023306E [EUR]. (OSTEND NM 60/89). BR STD. SEP 2010/000138707 18.10.10 SHOWN AS SW 13.1MTRS [LAT] IN 5114.950N, 0233.021E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 102 [NE 1.6.10, 1:60,000].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INVERTED, WELL BROKEN UP, BURIED IN SANDBANK
Position: 51 14.95 N,2 33.021 E