Wreck: Edith (Motor vessel)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Edith, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 7.935 N,3 16.17 W (48.965666666667, -3.5015)
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Shipwreck details
Name: EDITH
Length 85 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 2061 ton
Load: wood: unprocessed and products
Cause: 9.10.92 reported hatches had lifted and vessel taking in water while on passage portugal to rochester. took on list, was abandoned by crew and capsized. was sunk by airstrike by french authorities as considered a hazard to navigation. (ll, 7 & 9.10.92).
Year of registration: 1992
Water depth above wreck: 68 meter, Height above seabed: 175 cm
Known since: 1992, last detected: 2019
Details measurements/cartography: HH226/400/01 13.10.92 SUNK IN 490759.7N, 031604.8W [EUR]. (MARINE BREST). NCA YET. HH226/400/01 28.10.92 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK APPROX 58MTRS. FISHING IN VICINITY CONSIDERED DANGEROUS DUE TO THE DISPERSAL OF VESSEL'S CARGO. (DIFRAP 4204/92). NCA YET. HH226/400/01 17.11.92 DEBRIS, CONSISTING PRINCIPALLY OF BALES OF COMPRESSED PAPER, LIES ALONG THE MERIDIAN 031612W, BETWEEN 492100N AND 492400N. A LARGE METAL PLATE HAS BEEN LOCATED ON THE SEABED IN 492306N, 030348W. THESE AREAS ARE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS FOR TRAWLING. (DIFRAP 4507/92). HH226/400/01 15.3.93 WK 57MTRS, IN 490759.5N, 031605W [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 93 07 32). BR STD. 25.6.99 POSN: 4907.995N, 0316.080W [EUR]. ACCURACY 100MTRS. LIES 175/355DEGS ON STBD SIDE. MAXIMUM HT 12MTRS. NOTED AS DIFFUSION LIMITEE. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1999). AMENDED TO CINC. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: ON STBD SIDE
Position: 49 7.935 N,3 16.17 W
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