This is the information page about the shipwreck Emile deschamps, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 24.378 N,1 29.226 E (51.6597, 1.3079833)
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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: EMILE DESCHAMPS
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 13 meter, Height above seabed: 100 cm
Known since: 1940, last detected: 20170527
Details measurements/cartography: H0542/40 5.7.40 PFNM 1674/40 ISSUED. H0565/40 19.8.40 INS DW.
- NM 2080/40. H0771/40 25.9.40 A GREEN CAN BUOY, FLG (2), 10 SEC MARKS THE ABOVE WRECK. - TFNM 2318/40. H0542/40 31.5.41 AMEND POSITION.
- NM 1240/41, FNM 1249/41. H0771/40 3.6.40 GREEN CAN BUOY, FLG(2), 10 SEC 10SECS, 150 YARDS 090DEGS FROM WRECK. - TFNM 1250/41. H0542/40 21.10.41 INS BUOY ON CHARTS. - FNM 2459/41 H0542/40 30.10.41 AMEND TO WK 5FMS 2FT. DELETE BUOY.
- NM 2397/42. H0542/40 27.8.45 DISPERSED. SWEPT CLEAR 35FT, FOUL 36FT. A BANK, VARYING FROM 34-35FT, EXISTS TO THE SOUTH AND WITHIN 50FT OF WRECK POSITION 512419N, 012914E BY HSA. (CAPTAIN M/S, 27.8.45). AMEND TO FOUL.
- NM 2705/45. H2538/79 24.10.79 EXAM'D 4.4.79 IN 512420.4N, 012921E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 10.4 IN GEN DEPTH 13MTRS, WITH SHOAL OF 11.9MTRS CLOSE S. SCOUR 0.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 1.7MTRS. LYING ROUGHLY E/W. (HMS ECHO, HI 60C/79). INS AS WK 10.4MTRS. BR STD. H2347/85 20.1.87 EXAM'D 24.10.86 IN 512421N, 012921E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER AND HIFIX/6. LEAST E/S DEPTH 10.7 IN GEN DEPTH 11 TO 13MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 13MTRS. LYING 300/120 DEG, APPROX. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 314B). NCA. HH090/770/01 21.9.98 EXAM'D 15.6.98 IN 512420.5N, 012920.3E [OGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.7 IN GEN DEPTH 12.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. NO DCS3 HT. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. LIES 100/280 DEGS. MAGNETIC ANOMALY NOTED. AN AREA OF INDISTINCT, WELL BROKEN AND MOSTLY BURIED WRECKAGE ON A RIPPLED SEABED OR FINE SAND AND BROKEN SHELL. NOT SWEPT DUE TO LARGE NUMBER OF FLOATS, LINES AND POTS. (NP 1016, HI 770). RETAIN AS WK 10.4MTRS. BR STD FOR POSN. 23.4.13 [WGD] POSN: 5124.375N, 0129.234E. SEP 2018/000061842 16.7.18 EXAM'D 27.05.17; WK LOCATED IN 5124.378N, 0129.226E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 11.76 MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 13MTRS, LENGTH 34.4MTRS, WIDTH 14.4MTRS, HEIGHT 1.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 100/280DEGS. WRECK IS ALMOST COMPLETELY BURIED, THE WRECK IS BROKEN APART AND SCATTERED. (GARDLINE, HI 1519). AMEND DW 11.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 24.378 N,1 29.226 E