This is the information page about the shipwreck Edirne, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 44.807 N,2 12.207 W (49.520666666667, -2.4196666666667)
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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: EDIRNE
Length 102.4 meter, width: 14.9 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 3619 ton
Cause: ran aground in fog. was refloated and then sank again.
Year of registration: 1950
Water depth above wreck: 48 meter
Known since: 1950, last detected: 2009
Details measurements/cartography: H1161/50 31.1.50 H1161/50 31.1.50 SUNK IN POSN 302DEGS, 2 MILES FROM QUENARD POINT, ALDERNEY ISLAND. (NITON RADIO 30.1.50). CHART AS NDW PA IN 494451N, 021212W. BR STD. H3635/71 11.6.71 H3635/71 11.6.71 AMENDED TO AS USC PA 15MTRS IN 494452N, 021207W [EUR]. NC 60. 12.2.80 12.2.80 SHOWN AS DW PA ON FRENCH 878 [DEC 1979 EDN]. NCA 10.5.99 10.5.99 LISTED IN 4944.820N, 0112.187W [EUR] IN FRENCH WK RECORDS 1999. NCA. 31.8.06 31.8.06 WGD POSN: 4944.807N, 0212.207W. NE 60 [3RD EDN, MAY '04]. 24.2.09 SEP 2009/000006734 24.2.09 WK USC 15MTRS PD SHOWN ON FRENCH 7158 [2ND EDN' 08, 1:50,000]. RETAIN AS PA. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 49 44.807 N,2 12.207 W