This is the information page about the shipwreck Eugene schneider (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 3.684 N,1 47.19 W (50.167166666667, -11.000666666667)

 

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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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2. Ashmun j clough (possibly)
3. Badger (probably)
4. Balmoralwood
5. Bissen
6. Boulgaria
7. Bretagne
8. Bronte (ex-war coney)
9. Cab
10. Cathrine
11. Charles rogers (probably)
12. Cheyenne
13. Dallas city (possibly)
14. Deucalion
15. Dumfries
16. Dungrange
17. Eika
18. El kahira
19. Eleni stathatou
20. Emile miguet
21. Etoile des ondes
22. Eugene schneider (probably)
23. Eugene schneider (probably)
24. Fleuret
25. G-bagh
26. Gairsoppa
27. Goathland
28. Guernsey coast
29. Hartburn (probably)
30. Heronspool
31. Hms capel
32. Hms courageous
33. Hms michael clements
34. Ice prince
35. Ioannis fafalios
36. Jeanne
37. Kafiristan
38. Kolga
39. Komet
40. Kong guttorm (probably)
41. Lenda
42. Leopoldville
43. Leticia
44. Louie bell
45. Louisiane
46. Luxor
47. May girl
48. Mera 1
49. Messina
50. Miefield
51. Milo
52. Morning admiral
53. Motorola
54. Mount myrto
55. Normandy
56. Nurnberg
57. Oiekast (probably)
58. Pangani
59. Pescalanza
60. San fernando
61. Smyrna
62. Sphene
63. Spolanda
64. Stade (after part)
65. Stade (possibly)
66. Theodoros t
67. Tiiu
68. U 480
69. U 672 (possibly)
70. Ub 37 (probably)
71. Uffe
72. Vikholmen
73. Waitara
74. Xania

 

Name: EUGENE SCHNEIDER (PROBABLY)

Length 84.5 meter, width: 12.3 meter, draught: 6.9, tonnage 2218 ton
Load: timber

Cause: built of steel in 1902 by chant, nantais de const., nantes. owned at time of loss by the soc gen d'armament. passage manoka for ghent. cargo railway sleepers. sank following collision with ss burutu.

Year of registration: 1988

Water depth above wreck: 63 meter, Height above seabed: 140 cm

Known since: 1988, last detected: 2002

Details measurements/cartography: 20.9.88 SHOWN AS USC PA 40MTRS ON FR 6940 [1982 EDN]. 6.3.90 NOW SHOWN AS USC PD 40MTRS IN 500246N, 014318W [EUR] ON FR 6857 [1986 EDN]. HH226/410/01 10.11.92 WK, 80MTRS LONG, LOCATED IN 500342N, 014706W [EUR]. STANDS 6MTRS HIGH. (CHERBOURG AV. 268/92; DIFRAP 229/92). NCA YET. HH226/410/03 14.3.95 NOW 59MTRS IN 500345N, 014706W [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 95 08 18). BR STD. HH226/410/03 7.2.96 CONFIRMED AS WK 59MTRS IN 500344.5N, 014706.5W [EUR]. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1996). [OGB] POSN: 500339N, 014706W.

- NM 888/96. 29.9.99 LENGTH 80MTRS. NOTED AS CINC. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1999). HH100/351/19 24.10.02 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. THE WK OF A LARGE, STEEL SV, BROKEN DOWN TO 3MTRS HIGH. HULL CONTAINS STACKED TIMBER (?RAILWAY SLEEPERS). AT MIDSHIPS THERE IS A DONKEY BOILER AND A STEAM WINCH. THE REMAINS OF THE BOW IS TIPPED BACKWARDS AND COLLAPSED. SCOUR 4MTRS DEEP. LARGE MASTS LIE ON THE SEABED. THE EUGENIE SCHNEIDER HAD TWO RIVETTED PATCHES NEAR THE WATERLINE AT THE BOW, THIS MAY HELP IN FURTHER IDENTIFICATION. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA. 4.12.12 [WGD] POSN: 5003.684N, 0147.190W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, BROKEN DOWN

Position: 50 3.684 N,1 47.19 W

 

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