This is the information page about the shipwreck Diamant, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 2 N,6 0 W (50.866066666667, -5.7962666666667)

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.

Name: DIAMANT

Length 38.6 meter, width: 8.1 meter, draught: 3.8, tonnage 324 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: ex-albatros. built 1887 by wwe oltmann, brake. owned at time of loss by vne. e. h. mignot. passage st malo for swansea. captured and sunk by german submarine u35 in the middle of the entrance between ireland and cornwall. (naval staff monographs vol 13, llww1).

Year of registration: 1975

Water depth above wreck: 90 meter

Known since: 1975, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: 15.5.75 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS THE MIDDLE OF THE ENTRANCE BETWEEN IRELAND AND CORNWALL. (NAVAL STAFF MONOGRAPHS VOL 13). NCA, POSN 510500N, 063500W, FOR FILING ONLY. 21.3.07 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 50 MILES W 0.5S [264 DEGS] OF LUNDY ISLAND. (LLWW1). NCA, POSN FOR FILING AMENDED TO 5102.00N, 0600,00W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 2 N,6 0 W

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