This is the information page about the shipwreck Douaisien (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 4.626 N,2 27.246 E (51.1325, 2.5103667)
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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: DOUAISIEN (POSSIBLY)
Length 103.3 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 2954 ton
Cause: Bult in 1921 by nordseewerke ag. owned at time of loss by cie des bateaux a vaperu du nord. triple expansion engine of 320nhp. sunk by magnetic mine when leaving dunkirk after evacuating french troops. (dods).
Year of registration: 1965
Water depth above wreck: 15 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm
Known since: 1965, last detected: 2017
Details measurements/cartography: H7304/53 29.1.65 WK 4.5MTRS 063DEGS, 3.85M FROM DUNKERQUE GPFL LT. (PARIS NM 62 46 11).
- NM 2790/62. H2981/78 25.4.79 POSN GIVEN AS 510440N, 022719E. (BREST NM 79 07 28). BR STD. H2981/78 1.8.79 H2981/78 1.8.79 NOW WK 3.9MTRS. (BREST NM 79 24 36). BR STD. 16.8.85 WK OF CARGO VESSEL EXAM'D IN 510440N, 022719E [EUR]. LEAST DEPTH 5.8 IN 16MTRS. LENGTH 100MTRS, LYING N/S AND UPRIGHT. (ANNALES HYDROGRAPHIQUES, 1983). LEAST DEPTH 3.9 IN GEN DEPTH 15MTRS. (1984 FR WK NO.21612065). H1310/86/24 3.10.86 DIVED ON 23.7.86. LARGE WK LYING WITH BOWS N AND A SCOUR OF 25MTRS DEPTH NEAR STERN. FRENCH RIFLE AMMUNITION FOUND. MAY BE FRENCH SS LE DOUAISIEN, SUNK 1940. (J COULON, 15.9.86). 16.10.96 SHOWN AS WK 4.2MTRS [MLS] ON BELGIUM 102 REPROMAT [MAY'96]. NC 1873. 14.11.11 SHOWN IN 5104.626N, 0227.246E [WGD] ON BA 1873 [EDN 4 DTD 19.5.11]. SEP 2016/000134562 23.11.16 SHOWN AS WK 6.1MTRS IN 5104.626N, 0227.246E [WGD] ON ENC FR474240. [ED2.0, DTD 25.5.16]. AMEND DW 6.1MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BOWS N, SCOUR AT STERN
Position: 51 4.626 N,2 27.246 E