This is the information page about the shipwreck Duncan l clinch, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 27.125 N,0 2.705 E (49.7491667, 0.3417833)
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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: DUNCAN L CLINCH
Length 134.4 meter, width: 17.4 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 7198 ton
Cause: Mined in le havre roads. broke in two. bow sank and stern stranded. was on passage buenos aires to rouen. (liberty ships).
Year of registration: 1945
Water depth above wreck: 6 meter
Known since: 1945, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: H1516/46 30.3.46 DW IN 492710N, 000246E MARKED BY G CONL LT BUOY, OC.G, WITH TOPMARK 2 CONES POINTS TOGETHER CLOSE W. (PARIS NMS 327(T)/46 & 538/46).
- NM 1075/46. H2255/52 9.7.52 SHOWN AS DW MARKED BY G CON LT BUOY, Q.G, CLOSE W ON FRENCH 5529 [1952 EDN]. NE 2990. H4030/56 2.7.56 SHOWN AS ST MARKED BY G CON LT BUOY, Q.G, ON FRENCH 5526. NE 2990 & BR STD. H3101/58 26.8.58 AMEND POSN OF BUOY TO 1C WNW OF ST. (FRENCH NM 58 16 11).
- NM 1409/58. H659/60 5.9.60 SHOWN AS ST IN 492710N, 000246E MARKED BY G CONL LT BUOY, Q.G, CLOSE W ON FRENCH 5529. NC 2146. H1475/59 2.8.63 ADD W TOPMARK, 2 CONES APEX TO APEX. (HMS CURZON, 16.6 63). BR STD. H4570/68 23.2.70 ST IN 492715N, 000249E MARKED BY BW CONL BUOY, GPOC(2)6S, WITH W TOPMARK 1C NE. (FRENCH NM 70 05 14(P)).
- NM 407/70. 11.2.74 INS IN 492713N, 000246E. NC 2146. H4984/74 13.6.78 WK NOW IN 492710N, 000246E [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 78 19 15). BR STD. H3898/82 24.12.85 WK, DRIES 0.4MTR [1FT], IN 492711N, 000247E. (BREST NM 85 48 21).
- NM 215/86. H1271/82 2.2.88 SHOWN AS ST D0.4MTRS MARKED BY W CARD LT BUOY ON FRENCH 6683; DIMENSIONS AND SINKING DATES AT VARIANCE WITH OUR RECORDS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987 NO.18090086). BR STD. HH351/352/01 25.1.90 SHOWN IN 492711N, 000247E WITH W CARD BUOY, VQ(9)10S 'DUNCAN-L-CLINCH', 1.4C NW ON FRENCH 6736 [2ND EDN 1989]. [N CARD BUOY CLOSE NE MARKS S LIMIT ANCHORAGE AREA]. NE 2146.HH351/352/01 12.7.90 AMEND TO ST D0.4MTR ON BA 2146.
- NM 2458/90. 14.6.07 LIES IN 4927.181N, 0002.787E [EUR]. ACCURACY 10MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 2007). BR STD. 23.7.07 SHOWN IN 4927.125N, 0002.705E [WGD] ON FRENCH 6683 [INT 1751] [7TH EDN 2006, CORRECT TO 07-17-34, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 2990.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 49 27.125 N,0 2.705 E