This is the information page about the shipwreck Erika (bow part), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 47 14.271 N,4 22.397 W (47.499, -4.5013333333333)

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.

Name: ERIKA (BOW PART)

Length 184 meter, width: 28.1 meter, draught: 11, tonnage 19666 ton
Load: flammable liquids and gases,oil

Cause: broke in two during force 9 gales and 6mtr swells. crew of 26 recovered. vessel, built in 1975, had recently passed surveys and was in class. sank while on passage from dunkirk to livorno.

Year of registration: 1999

Water depth above wreck: 110 meter

Known since: 1999, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: HH175/400/03 21.12.99 FORE SECTION SANK IN 4714.400N, 0422.300W [EUR]. (NAVAREA II 381/99). CHART AS NDW. BR STD. HH175/400/03 24.1.00 NDW IN 4714.380N, 0422.350W [EUR]. (FR NM 99 52 12). BR STD. HH175/400/03 13.4.00 NOW WK 96MTRS IN 4714.400N, 0422.400W [EUR]. (FR NM 13 27 00).

- NM 1883/00. HH175/400/03 16.8.00 NAVIGATION AND DIVING PROHIBITED WITHIN 6M RADIUS DUE TO UNDERWATER WORK. (FR NM 30 01T 00). NAVAREA II 322/00, GIVING 2M RADIUS, NOT CANCELLED BY FR TNM. NCA. HH175/400/03 17.8.00 NM 30 01T 00 CANCELLED. PROHIBITED AREA RADIUS REVERTED TO 2M [AS IN NAVAREA II 322/00]. (FR NM 31 05T 00). NCA. 28.9.00 ALL REMAINING OIL PUMPED OUT OF VESSEL AND VALVES SEALED. FRENCH GOVERNMENT HAVE STATED THAT WK WILL BE LEFT AS LIES. (LL, 25.9.00).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: See Also: 57981

Position: 47 14.271 N,4 22.397 W

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