This is the information page about the shipwreck Echunga (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 7.94 N,5 14.09 W (49.38995, -5.1703666666667)

 

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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.

 

1. Alesia
2. Alfred de courcy
3. Allendale (possibly)
4. Aquarius
5. Arvor
6. Auguste marie
7. Basuta
8. Corinto (possibly)
9. Draupner
10. Dunrobin
11. Dunrobin
12. Echunga (probably)
13. Heathdene
14. Henriette bravo (possibly)
15. Hms ellesmere
16. Hudson
17. Hurunui
18. Le chamois
19. Lucienne (possibly)
20. Malvina
21. Merton hall
22. Petit jean (possibly)
23. Polvena (possibly)
24. Saint bridget
25. Snyg
26. Stanhall
27. Suzon
28. Venborg
29. Victoria ii (probably)
30. War firth (probably)

 

Name: ECHUNGA (PROBABLY)

Length 118.9 meter, width: 17.1 meter, draught: 10.1, tonnage 6285 ton
Load: flammable liquids and gases,oil

Cause: admiralty oiler, built in 1907 by sir r dixon & co. and owned by adelaide steamship co. passage from port arthur. torpedoed and sunk by german submarine 40m n by e of ushant. 9 lives lost. (ww1sl, ll ww1 & dods).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 96 meter

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 40M N BY E FROM USHANT. (WW1SL). 28.3.60 SONAR CONTACT IN 490800N, 051400W APPROX. CLASSIFIED AS ROCK. (AUBD 2675A/41). 6.10.80 NDW SHOWN IN 490815N, 051412W ON FRENCH 5069. NE 2644. 10.8.87 SHOWN AS WK USC PD 65MTRS IN 490800N, 051406W [EUR] ON FRENCH 6680 [1986 EDN]. NC 2644. HH100/351/03 7.9.90 DEFINITE WK LOCATED IN 490714N, 051500W [WGD] USING GPS. COMMERICAL GUARD REQUESTED. (D TURTLE, 26.8.90). AMEND TO WK USC 65MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 23.2.99 CINC DELETED. MORE THAN FIVE YEARS. 19.7.07 NOT LOCATED. (D BRYDON, LTR DTD 17.7.07). NCA. 24.2.09 SHOWN AS WK USC PD 65MTRS IN 4907.940N, 0514.090W [WGD] ON FRENCH 6680 [3RD EDN 2003, CORRECT TO NM 42 29 08, 1:150,000, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NC 2647.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 7.94 N,5 14.09 W

 

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