This is the information page about the shipwreck Ernest lagouve, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 31.379 N,1 28.84 W (50.242166666667, -1.28825)

 

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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.

 

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38. Hms acheron (stern section)
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105. Westville
106. Witte zee
107. Woodham
108. Y48

 

Name: ERNEST LAGOUVE

Length 84.3 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 6.9, tonnage 2246 ton
Load: cement

Cause: built of steel in 1901 by atel. & chant. de la loire, nantes. barque rigged. owned at time of loss by soc gen d'armament. passage london for buenos aires. cargo bagged cement. torpedoed by ub-32. 20 men lost, 3 recovered by joffre.

Year of registration: 1993

Water depth above wreck: 39 meter, Height above seabed: 51 cm

Known since: 1993, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/07 11.6.93 WK OF LARGE STEEL SV, PROBABLY 'ERNEST LAGOUVE', LOCATED AND DIVED ON IN 503113N, 012829W [OGB]. STANDS NO MORE THAN 8MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 44MTRS. CARGO APPEARS TO BE SOME KIND OF WHITE CHALK SUBSTANCE, ORIGINALLY IN BARRELS. (D FAIRCLOUGH, 4.4.93). CHART AS USC PA 36MTRS.

- NM 2215/93. HH090/962/01 4.12.02 EXAM'D 11.8.02 IN 5031.379N, 0128.842W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 29.1, FOUL 29.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 29.3 IN GEN DEPTH 40MTRS. SCOUR 2.3MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 30MTRS IN VARIOUS DIRECTIONS. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. DCS3 HT 11MTRS. LIES 040/220 DEGS. HULL INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 962). AMEND TO SW 29MTRS. BR STD. 30.1.07 LIES HALF OVER ON STBD SIDE WITH THE STUMP OF THE MAINMAST PROJECTING ABOVE THE HULL. MANY BARRELS OF CEMENT ARE EVIDENT AND SOME HAVE SPILLED ONTO THE SEABED. IDENTIFIED BY NAME IN BRASS LETTERS ON THE BOWS. (D C WENDES, SOUTH COAST SHIPWRECKS). NCA. SEP 2020/000123102 13.10.21 EXAM’D 29.9.20 IN 5031.379N, 0128.840W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 29.36MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS. LENGTH 86MTRS, WIDTH 19MTRS, HT 10MTRS. ORIENTATION 051/231 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 280MTRS, WIDTH 125MTRS, 2.6MTRS DEEP. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1586). AMEND DW 29MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, WELL COLLAPSED

Position: 50 31.379 N,1 28.84 W

 

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