This is the information page about the shipwreck Euler, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 47 11.69 N,2 18.497 W (47.012866666667, -2.2137833333333)
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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: EULER
Length 72.5 meter, width: 12.5 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1879 ton
Cause: 14.10.41 vessel, built 1925 by a g weser, sank after striking a mine off grand charpentier lt. owned at the time of loss by dampfsch ges neptun. (dods). [incorrect sinking date, 14.10.41, given]. 14.10.1940 sinking date stated as 14.10.1940. (french wk records 1987, no.14572062).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 8 meter, Height above seabed: 165 cm
Known since: 1940, last detected: 2017
Details measurements/cartography: H1098/41 24.3.41 DW IN 471152N, 021840W. (STOCKHOLM NM 2666/40).
- NM 683/41. H1098/41 24.5.41 G BUOYS LAID W & E TO MARK WK. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NOTE. H6035/45 15.12.47 AMEND TO G CONL LT BUOY, FLG, SE OF WK. (PARIS NM 3925/47).
- NM 3215/47. H6035/45 23.2.48 AMEND LT BUOY TO, OCC.G. (PARIS NM 243/48).
- NM 396/48. H4087/45 15.10.48 AMEND LT BUOY TO, INTQKFLG. (PARIS NM 1685/48).
- NM 2155/48. 1.12.51 BEING CONSIDERED FOR DISPERSAL. (N.I.D 10885/51). H6035/45 18.7.57 LT BUOYS LAID TO MARK DISPERSAL OPS. (FR NM 57 22 22T). NCA. H6035/45 5.10.62 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 2.8MTRS. (FRENCH NM 62 36 13).
- NM 2183/62. H4400/62 19.12.62 BUOY MOVED 1.5C NE. (FRENCH NM 62 47 11). BR STD. H4400/62 14.4.67 NOW MARKED BY RW LT BUOY, GPOCC(2)R6S. (HMS HIGHBURTON, HN 28.3.67). BR STD. 28.5.68 EMP TOPMARK ON BUOY. (FRENCH NM 17 23 68P). NCA. H1636/67 11.3.76 DW IN 471150N, 021830W WITH RW CAN LT BUOY, GP.OCC(2)R.6S, IN 471141N, 021815W. (FRENCH NM 76 07 18).
- NM 588/76. 17.2.77 SHOWN AS WK 2.8MTRS IN 471156N, 021840W ON FRENCH 4902 [1976 EDN]. 19.11.85 WK 2.8MTRS IN 471153.5N, 021835.6W. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1984). H2909/85 7.3.86 NOW WK, LEAST DEPTH 4.2MTRS, IN 471145N, 021825W. (BREST NM 86 06 29).
- NM 1175/86. 7.3.89 POSN ACCURACY 20MTRS. GEN DEPTH 9MTRS BY E/S. LYING 165/345DEGS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987, NO.14572062). 20.2.96 SHOWN AS WK 3.9MTRS WITH S CARD PILLAR LT BUOY, VQ(6)+LFL10S 'EULER', 220MTRS CLOSE SE ON FRENCH 6797 [1995 EDN]. BR STD. 24.7.06 WGD POSN: 4711.690N, 0218.497W. BA 2989 [INT 1841] [3RD EDN, DEC'05].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 47 11.69 N,2 18.497 W