This is the information page about the shipwreck Esther (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 40.271 N,5 57.256 W (49.715066666667, -5.6515333333333)
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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: ESTHER (PROBABLY)
Length 19.8 meter
Cause: 6.10.80 sank following a fire and with trawl still anchored to seabed. (ll, 6.10.80).
Year of registration: 1980
Water depth above wreck: 95 meter
Known since: 1980, last detected: 1989
Details measurements/cartography: H3227/74 14.10.80 H3227/74 & H4287/77 14.10.80 SANK IN 494000N, 060000W, APPROX, IN GEN DEPTH OF ABT 90MTRS. (LANDS END CG, MRSC, TELEX DTD 5.11.80). CHART AS USC PA 80MTRS.
- NM 2465/80. H3943/88 7.11.89 H3943/88 7.11.89 NOTHING FOUND IN INITIAL REPD POSN BUT DEBRIS, WITH NO SIGNIFICANT HT, EXAM'D 13.7.89 IN 494014N, 055712W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS AND HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 95 IN GEN DEPTH 95MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT LESS THAN 1.5MTRS, LENGTH 30MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS. RECOMMEND CHART AS FOUL. (TH, PILOTAGE & MARINE, HI 465). AMEND TO F 95MTRS IN REVISED POSN. NE 2565.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 49 40.271 N,5 57.256 W