This is the information page about the shipwreck Echo, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 10.707 N,2 15.463 W (49.082333333333, -2.3431666666667)
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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: ECHO
Year of registration: 1977
Water depth above wreck: 6 meter
Known since: 1977
Details measurements/cartography: H1280/77 7.2.77 ON PASSAGE FROM ST MALO TO GUERNSEY WITH XMAS GOODS WHEN SHE HIT JAILERS REEF WEST OF LA CORBIERE ON 20.12.1884 AND KEPT THERE TILL TIDE TURNED BY HIGH WIND. AT SLACK WATER SHE CAME OFF AND SANK. (T A TITTERINGTON, JERSEY MARITIME MUSEUM, 6.1.77). NO RECORD OF JAILERS REEF FOUND. POSN 491046N, 021523W IS WEST OF NEAREST REEF WEST OF LA CORBIERE. NCA. POSN FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 49 10.707 N,2 15.463 W