This is the information page about the shipwreck Deco, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 46 28.94 N,1 50.08 W (46.424966666667, -2.0163166666667)

 

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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.

 

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Name: DECO

Length 61 meter, width: 9.4 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 498 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid

Cause: 12.7.85 ran aground on 12.7.85 while on passage les sables d'olonne to warren point. took on severe list and was abandoned by crew. sank next day. (ll, 15 & 16.7.85).

Year of registration: 1985

Water depth above wreck: 17 meter

Known since: 1985

Details measurements/cartography: H2909/85 30.7.85 RAN AGROUND ABOUT 2M OFF LES SABLES D'OLONNE. (LL, 15.7.85). NCA, POSN 462900N, 015000W [EUR] FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 46 28.94 N,1 50.08 W

 

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