This is the information page about the shipwreck Etylene (fwd part), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 43 23.388 N,4 52.332 E (43.340466666667, 4.9375333333333)

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: ETYLENE (FWD PART)

Year of registration: 1953

Water depth above wreck: 5 meter

Known since: 1953, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: H1306/53 26.3.53 ST SHOWN IN 432323N, 045224E. (PARIS NM 53/05/04). CHART AS ST.

- NM 681/53. H1306/53 5.3.71 SHOWN IN 432325N, 045221E ON FRENCH 5034. NC 3498.H1272/82 8.4.82 ST SHOWN IN 432324N, 045219.5E ON FRENCH 6096 [1981 EDN]. AMENDED POSN TO 432324N, 045219E ON BA 3498 & BA 3414. BR STD. 25.7.83 SHOWN AS ST DRIES 1MTR ON NE 3498. 26.6.84 ST SHOWN IN 432327N, 045223.9E ON FRENCH 6684 [1981 EDN]. NC 3498. 27.6.84 WK OF TANKER 'ETYLENE' FORE-SECTION STRANDED IN 432327N, 045223.9E [EUD] IN GEN DEPTH 5MTRS. WK IS ALWAYS UNCOVERED TO HEIGHT OF 1MTR. (FRENCH WK RECORDS APR'84). 3.9.84 SHOWN IN 432327.6N, 045225E ON FRENCH 6684 [1984 EDN]. CHART IN 432327.6N, 045225E. NC 3498. 4.10.06 SHOWN AS ST DRIES 1MTR IN 4323.388N, 0452.332E [WGD] ON FRENCH 6684 [INT 3192] [2003 EDN, LARGEST SCALE] ADOPTED AS BA 155. SHOWN IN 4323.40N, 0452.39E [WGD] ON FRENCH 6767 [2ND EDN 2005, 2ND SCALE ADOPTION]. RETAIN IN POSN SHOWN ON LARGER SCALE FRENCH CHART UNTIL NE RECEIVED. NC 2116.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 43 23.388 N,4 52.332 E

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