This is the information page about the shipwreck En avant, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 3.365 N,1 27.084 E (51.0759833, 1.4147)

 

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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. Admiral gardner
2. Advent
3. Africa
4. Agen
5. Amplegarth
6. Andaman
7. Angelus (possibly)
8. Ashley
9. Atlantic (possibly)
10. Avoca
11. Belford
12. Blanc nez
13. Brandenburg
14. Bravore
15. Ca 4
16. Camisard
17. Carmen
18. Christianssund
19. Colbert
20. Colbert (possibly)
21. Constanzia
22. Corhaven
23. Correct
24. D'artagnan
25. Dartmore
26. Dinard
27. Dixie
28. Dotterel
29. E goodwin ltv
30. Efford
31. Eidsiva (probably)
32. Eleonora
33. Emma
34. Emma (possibly)
35. Empire lough (probably)
36. Empress of fort william (probably)
37. En avant
38. Eustratios (probably)
39. Falcon (probably)
40. Fearless
41. Filleigh
42. Flachsee
43. Flandres
44. Francesco ciampa
45. G 85 (possibly)
46. G-42 (possibly)
47. Gad 23
48. Genimar
49. Gladys
50. Gloire a sainte therese
51. Grosser kurfurst
52. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
53. Halcyon
54. Harcalo
55. Henry moon
56. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
57. Hmhs anglia
58. Hms alert ?
59. Hms aragonite (part of)
60. Hms aries (possibly)
61. Hms artic trapper
62. Hms brazen
63. Hms carlton
64. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
65. Hms city of dundee
66. Hms cleon
67. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
68. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
69. Hms flirt
70. Hms glen boyne
71. Hms kingston galena
72. Hms lord grey
73. Hms lydian
74. Hms marcella
75. Hms napia
76. Hms niger (possibly)
77. Hms northumberland (probably)
78. Hms othello ii
79. Hms peridot
80. Hms restoration (possibly)
81. Hms rodino
82. Hms stirling castle (probably)
83. Hms torbay ii (probably)
84. Hms tranquil
85. Hms war sepoy
86. Hms weigelia
87. Hmsm b2
88. Hundvaag
89. Ilaro
90. Iltis (possibly)
91. Ines
92. Ira (possibly)
93. Jacob luckenbach
94. James harrod
95. Josephine willis
96. Kabinda
97. Kadru
98. Katharina kolkmann
99. Kielce
100. Kirsten skou
101. Koenigshaven
102. L'armandeche
103. La fleche
104. Lady stella
105. Latona
106. Le pelerin de la mer
107. Le tregor
108. Leicester
109. Leila najia
110. Leo
111. Loanda
112. Lord hamilton (possibly)
113. Luray victory
114. Lusitania
115. Mahratta
116. Mahratta ii
117. Maloja 1
118. Malta (probably)
119. Marie-ange loic
120. Mariner moon
121. Mercator
122. Merel (part of)(possibly)
123. Mersey
124. Moise
125. Monarch
126. Moorside (probably)
127. Mrav
128. Munificent
129. Murillo
130. Nancy moran
131. Naranco
132. Negrier
133. Newcastle
134. Nicolaw
135. Niki
136. Norman
137. North eastern victory
138. Notre dame des trois epis
139. Nunima
140. Ousel (probably)
141. Pallieter
142. Phoenix
143. Polgrange
144. Portslade (possibly)
145. Preussen
146. Pulborough
147. Quentovic
148. Rio parana
149. River levan
150. Rochester castle (possibly)
151. Rydal force
152. Rynanna
153. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
154. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
155. Sabac
156. Saint michael veillez sur nous
157. Saint ronan (possibly)
158. Saint ronan (possibly)
159. Sambut
160. Santagata
161. Santagata (?part of)
162. Sea serpent
163. Shenandoah
164. Sir russell
165. Smarapaan
166. Sperrbrecher 171 (possibly)
167. St cecilia
168. Strathclyde
169. Teeswood
170. Texaco caribbean (after section)
171. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
172. The queen
173. Tina primo
174. Toward
175. Traquair (probably)
176. Tusnastabb (possibly)
177. U 11 (possibly)
178. U 16 (possibly)
179. U 48
180. U 8
181. Ub 103 (possibly)
182. Ub 108 (possibly)
183. Ub 109
184. Ub 31 ?
185. Ub 38
186. Ub 55 (probably)
187. Ub 56 (possibly)
188. Ub 58 (possibly)
189. Ub 78
190. Ub-33 (probably)
191. Uc 26
192. Uc 46
193. Uc 46 (possibly)
194. Uc 63
195. Uc 77 (possibly)
196. Uc 78 or uc 79
197. Unity
198. Virginie
199. W a scholten
200. Wheatman (possibly)
201. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: EN AVANT

Year of registration: 1972

Water depth above wreck: 49 meter, Height above seabed: 5 cm

Known since: 1972, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: H2873/71 26.4.72 NDW IN 510300N, 012725E, OR 45DEGS, 3M FROM VARNE LTV. (TH HARWICH/RNW TELECON 27.1.72 & LL 207).

- NM 886/72. 7.9.73 NOW CHARTED AS USC 18.0MTRS. NC 1892. H4199/78 16.8.78 LOCATED 30.10.77 IN 510320W, 012710E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 47 IN GEN DEPTH 51MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.6MTRS, LENGTH 29MTRS. LYING 025/205DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). AMEND TO WK 46MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H2330/84 4.3.86 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 240B). NCA. HH091/159/01 17.7.07 EXAM'D 5.10.06 IN 5103.365N, 0127.084E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 45.99 IN GEN DEPTH 49.4MTRS. LENGTH 16.2MTRS, WIDTH 5.6MTRS, HT 3.4MTRS. LIES 005/185 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (OSAE, HI 1159). INTACT. RETAIN WK 46MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT

Position: 51 3.365 N,1 27.084 E

 

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