This is the information page about the shipwreck Devastation, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 47 42.354 N,3 22.729 W (47.724433333333, -3.3529666666667)

 

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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. Amzer zo
2. Audacieuse
3. Bassure baas
4. Baumann
5. Baynaen
6. Bison (possibly)
7. Bourbaki
8. Bugalet
9. Crapaud
10. Devastation
11. Edouard de cougy
12. Graafvisar (possibly)
13. Guinevere
14. Iser
15. Jean-pierre robert
16. L 128
17. L'aventurier
18. La margotte
19. Locqueltas
20. Lys immacule
21. Marulie
22. Nadia
23. Nadia (possibly)
24. Nann smith
25. Philomene
26. Pontoporos (probably)
27. Quo vadis
28. Rodi
29. Sanaga
30. Sancta-maria
31. Saturn
32. Sperrbrecher 134
33. Strasbourg
34. Surveillante (possibly)
35. Thracia (probably)
36. Thuringen
37. Vengeur
38. Yser

 

Name: DEVASTATION

Length 96.3 meter, width: 21.3 meter, tonnage 9650 ton

Cause: ran aground. (fr wk records).

Year of registration: 1922

Water depth above wreck: 0 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1922, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H2590/23 10.4.23 DW IN 474207N, 032224W. (PARIS NM 28 3 23 & 13/603). CHART AS DW (1923) IN 474207N, 032224W.

- NM 648/23. H3479/23 16.5.23 AMENDED TO ST 7DEGS, 5.9C FROM LES TROIS PIERRES LTHO. (PARIS NM 18/836). NOTE. H4280/27 4.7.27 ST NOW IN 474214N, 032232W. (PARIS NM 25/1383).

- NM 1183/27. H4221/35 27.6.35 DELETE. (PARIS NM 24/1336). NOTE. H3216/55 7.9.55 DWP, DRIES 1.5MTRS, IN 474246N, 032244.5W WITH G CON BUOYS NE & SW. (FR NM 55 18 14). CHART AS STP D5FT IN 474246N, 032244.5W MARKED BY G CON BUOYS NW & SE. R/S. H4270/47 26.11.59 AMEND TO STF WITH B CON BUOYS. (FR NM 59 39 12).

- NM 2682/59. 28.9.83 SHOWN AS STF, DRIES 1.5MTRS, IN 474224N, 032238W WITH G CAN BUOYS, TRIANGULAR TOPMARKS, FORE & AFT ON FR 6470 [1982 EDN]. NC 304. 16.11.87 SHOWN AS STF, DRIES 1.5MTRS, AT NW END & DWP AT SE END ON FR 6470 [1987 EDN]. G/S. 11.10.88 NOW MARKED BY N & S CARD BNS. (FR NM 88 26 28). 11.10.88 FRENCH ARMED COAST GUARD 'DEVASTATION' LOCATED IN 474224.5N, 032238.5W [EUR] USING AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY. POSN ACCURACY 20MTRS. APPROX 60MTRS LONG. MARKED N & S CARD BNS. DRIES 1.5MTRS. (FR WK RECORDS 1987, NO.14573082). AMEND POSN TO 474224.5N, 032238.5W MARKED N & S CARD BNS. NE 304. 10.9.93 SHOWN AS STF, DRIES 1.5MTRS, AT NW END & STP AT SE END MARKED BY 2 BNS ON FR 6470 [1989 EDN]. SHOWN AS ST, DRIES 1.9MTRS, MARKED BY 2 BNS ON FR 7139 [1993 EDN]. AMEND TO STF D1.9MTRS AT NW END & STP AT SE END MARKED BY 2 BNS. BR STD. 3.9.01 SHOWN AS STP, DRIES 1.9MTRS AT NW END, IN 4742.412N, 0322.646W [EUR] MARKED BY N & S CARD BNS. LENGTH 60MTRS, BEAM 20MTRS SURROUNDED BY A FURTHER DANGER CIRCLE ON FR 7140 [1995 EDN]. SHOWN ON BA 304 [1997 EDN].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 47 42.354 N,3 22.729 W

 

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