This is the information page about the shipwreck Cambronne, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 9.142 N,4 39.169 W (50.86325, -4.82365)
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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: CAMBRONNE
Length 39.6 meter, width: 7.3 meter, draught: 2.4, tonnage 335 ton
Cause: built in 1938 by nv schpsw 'delfzijl', delfzijl. oil engine, single shaft. passage hayle for newport, monmouthshire. struck rocks off lundy island and sank. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1942
Water depth above wreck: 40 meter
Known since: 1942, last detected: 2015
Details measurements/cartography: 20.9.72 POSN 510900N, 043900W FOR FILING ONLY. NCA. HH091/158/01 29.6.09 LOCATED 6.6.07 IN 5109.142N, 0439.169W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 35.6 IN GEN DEPTH 40MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 17.8MTRS, WIDTH 5.9MTRS, HT 5.0MTRS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1158). ?SEABED FEATURE. INS AS OBSTN 35MTRS. BR STD. 11.5.16 DIVED AUG 2015, MEDIUM SIZED VESSEL WITH STEAM BOILER, PARTS BURIED, LOCATED AMONGST ROCKY SEABED, PROP FOUND. A CERAMIC PLATE WAS RECOVERED BEARING THE NAME "SS CAMBRONNE". (KEITH DENBY E-MAIL DTD 5.5.16, ILFRACOMBE & N DEVON SUB AQUA CLUB). AMEND VESSEL NAME TO "SS CAMBRONNE".
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: ?SEABED FEATURE
Position: 51 9.142 N,4 39.169 W