This is the information page about the shipwreck Chateau yqem, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 29.09 N,2 59.051 W (50.302916666667, -3.1211333333333)

 

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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. 20
2. Ailsa craig (probably)
3. Aleyna
4. Algarve
5. Angelena bm 271
6. Avalanche
7. Bamse (probably)
8. Baygitano
9. Bayonne
10. Berar
11. Bokn (possibly)
12. Boma
13. Borgund i (possibly)
14. Broomhill (probably)
15. Chateau yqem
16. Chorley
17. City of swansea (probably)
18. Gefion
19. General leman (possibly)
20. Gibel-hamam
21. Glocliffe
22. Gorizia
23. Grane
24. Greleen
25. Greta c
26. Heroine (probably)
27. Hms amazon
28. Hms bittern
29. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
30. Hms boadicea
31. Hms buccaneer
32. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
33. Hms formidable
34. Hms harstad
35. Hms hickory
36. Hms loch erinboll (stern part)(probably)
37. Hms lord hailsham
38. Hms manor
39. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
40. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
41. Hms remindo (possibly)
42. Isbjorn
43. Karen marie (probably)
44. Kongshaug (probably)
45. L h carl
46. La blanca (possibly)
47. Lct 381
48. Lofoten (probably)
49. Lord stewart
50. Lst 507 (bow section)
51. Lst 507 (stern section)
52. Lst 531
53. Lucinda (possibly)
54. Majorca
55. Marguerite (possibly)
56. Marie des isles
57. Marjolene
58. Memnon
59. Minerva (probably)
60. Modavia
61. Moidart
62. Motano (probably)
63. Nil desperandum (probably)
64. Nyasaland
65. Ocean vagabond
66. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
67. Pergo
68. Pomella
69. Pomeranian
70. Radaas (probably)
71. Reggestroom (probably)
72. Renilde
73. Romsdalen (probably)
74. Rosten (possibly)
75. Rotorua
76. Salsette ii
77. Siren
78. Sparkling foam (possibly)
79. St dunstan
80. Ster de zee (possibly)
81. Tandil (probably)
82. Tracy
83. Trito
84. Ull (probably)
85. Ursa (probably)
86. W h dwyer
87. Westergate (probably)

 

Name: CHATEAU YQEM

Length 85.3 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 1913 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1913 by a & c de la loire, nantes. owned at time of loss by worms and cie. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 224 nhp, single shaft. passage dunkirk for barry. torpedoed by ub-40. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1924

Water depth above wreck: 44 meter, Height above seabed: 20 cm

Known since: 1924, last detected: 2015

Details measurements/cartography: H3571/24 22.5.24 INS NDWPD IN 502900N, 025900W. (CAPT A/P). H3971/52 3.7.52 AMEND TO WK 16FMS IN 502903N, 025859W. (HMS SCOTT). H3971/52 22.1.60 EXAM'D 25.6.52 IN 502903N, 025859W USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 16FMS, FOUL AT 17FMS. GENERAL DEPTH 24FMS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 111FT. SEA BED SAND OVER CHALK. LENGTH 250 TO 300FT. (SCES, HMS SCOTT DTD 25.6.52). H3950/70 21.5.71 AMEND TO SW 29MTRS. NC 3315. H5982/82 18.1.83 SHOWN IN 502903N, 025901W ON KINGFISHER CHARTS K(SW)1 & 2, 1982. NCA. H2923/83 21.12.84 EXAM'D 26.7.84 IN 502905N, 025853W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 27.9, FOUL AT 28.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33.6 IN GEN DEPTH 44MTRS. SCOUR 1-2MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 12MTRS, LENGTH 100MTRS. LYING 020/200DEGS. (GARDLINE, HI 202). AMEND TO SW 27.9MTRS.

- NM 232/85. H1310/86/22 17.9.86 IDENTIFIED BY RECOVERED BELL AS 'CHATEAU YQEM'. (K MCDONALD, DTD 2.9.86). 29.10.99 AMEND TO SW 27.5MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2015/000019320 8.7.15 EXAM'D 12.3.15 LEAST M/B DEPTH 34.02MTRS IN 5029.090N, 0259.051W [WGD], GEN DEPTHS 44MTRS. LENGTH 85.9MTRS, WIDTH 13.2MTRS, HEIGHT 10.4MTRS. ORIENTATION 020/200 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 225MTRS, DEPTH 1.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 070 DEGS. UPRIGHT. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1453). AMEND TO NDW 34MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT

Position: 50 29.09 N,2 59.051 W

 

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