This is the information page about the shipwreck Charles morgan, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 26.352 N,1 9.99 W (49.4349, -1.061)

 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, 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.

 

1. A 12
2. A1-38
3. A1-7
4. A2-61
5. A2-66
6. B1-89
7. B1-90
8. B1-98
9. Bonne sainte rita
10. Chameau
11. Charles morgan
12. Credo du marin
13. Dohe
14. Eden
15. Elsa
16. Empire broadsword
17. Hermod
18. Hms minster
19. Hms sesame (probably)
20. Julie
21. L'independant
22. L'otarie
23. La bajole
24. Laura c anderson (possibly)
25. Lct 232
26. Lct 244
27. Lct 524
28. Lct 777
29. Lct 967
30. Le guillemot
31. Lst (possibly)
32. Lst 523
33. Marie henriette
34. Norfalk
35. Plaston
36. Poussoir
37. Raumboat no.41
38. Sgb 7
39. Soleil levant
40. Suffolk coast (possibly)
41. Tayo
42. Turquoise (probably)
43. Uss corry
44. Uss glennon
45. Uss meredith
46. Uss rich
47. Uss tide

 

Name: CHARLES MORGAN

Length 134.7 meter, width: 17.4 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 7244 ton

Cause: built in 1943 by houston shipbuilding corporation. owned at the time of loss by us war shipping administration. bombed and sunk off the normandy coast. one of her crew and seven us army personnel were killed. (dods). sunk off utah beach head. (the liberty ships).

Year of registration: 1948

Water depth above wreck: 5 meter

Known since: 1948, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H4298/48 23.6.48 STRANDED WK IN 492622N, 010958W. (PARIS NM 22/1990/48). NOTE. H1310/84/13 18.4.84 CONSISTS OF A GROUP OF THREE CONCRETE SHIPS. THEY ARE STILL IN GOOD CONDITION AND STILL SHOW AT HW. (J COULON, 24.3.83). NCA. H1310/88/10 9.3.88 THOUGHT BY LOCALS TO HAVE BEEN AN AMERICAN HOSPITAL SHIP FROM US MEDICAL EQUIPMENT THAT HAS BEEN FOUND. FIXED BY TORAN. SHOWED AT LW UNTIL1978 BUT HAS NOW SUNK LOWER. (J COULON, 20.12.87). NCA. H03135/44 14.3.88 WK IN 492618N, 010912W IDENTIFIED AS 'CHARLES MORGAN'. (PORTSMOUTH NAV ORDERS 281, JULY 1944 - H03135/44) 4.5.90 WK, WHICH DRIES, IN 492624.5N, 010954.5W [EUR] POSN ACCURACY 20MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 6MTRS. (FR WK RECORDS NO.14591077 [CORR TO JAN 1990]). SHOWN AS WK 0MTRS ON FRENCH 6857 [1986 EDN]. CHART AS DW (AWASH). NC 2613. 30.3.98 AMENDED TO WK (AWASH). BR STD. 13.4.99 SHOWN AS ST, DRIES 0.0MTRS, ON FRENCH 6857 [1996 EDN]. NCA. 29.6.06 SHOWN AS ST, DRIES 0.0MTRS, IN 4926.352N, 0109.990W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7422 [2ND EDN, 2006, LARGEST SCALE]. NE 2135.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 26.352 N,1 9.99 W

 

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