This is the information page about the shipwreck Dixie, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 58.549 N,1 42.77 E (51.0898333, 1.7715833)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: DIXIE
Length 32 meter
Cause: Passage ostend for spain. lost power and took on water. abandoned by crew and sank. (ll).
Year of registration: 1993
Water depth above wreck: 25 meter, Height above seabed: 60 cm
Known since: 1993, last detected: 2020
Details measurements/cartography: HH351/430/01 25.5.93 SANK WITHIN 2 MILES OF POSN 505700N, 013736E. (CHERBOURG LOCAL AV 168/93). FLOTSAM AND LIGHT OIL SHEEN OBSERVED IN 505900N, 014500E. (LL, 17.5.93). HH226/420/01 3.6.93 REPD SUNK IN 505836N, 014252E. (CHERBOURG AV 177/93). WZ 824 ISSUED. LEAST DEPTH APPROX 18MTRS. (DIFRAP 2204/93). NCA YET. HH351/420/02 16.7.93 WK PA 18MTRS IN 505836N, 014251E. (FR NM 93 25 30).
- NM 2660/93. 29.10.97 SHOWN AS WK PD 18MTRS IN 505836N, 014251.5E [EUR] ON FR 7258 [INT 1483] [1997 EDN]. NC 1351. 15.6.98 ON STBD SIDE. LIES 060/240DEGS. WOODEN HULL. (FR WK RECORDS 1998). NCA. [WGD] POSN: 5058.549N, 0142.770E.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WOODEN HULL, ON STBD SIDE. UK NM 3912/20
Position: 50 58.549 N,1 42.77 E