This is the information page about the shipwreck Eumaeus, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 3.93 N,4 29.07 W (48.915666666667, -4.3681666666667)

 

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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.

 

1. Akaroa
2. Amina
3. Anna
4. Argonaut
5. Argonaut (possibly)
6. Bellamy
7. Christina coast
8. Cornelis b
9. Crane barge
10. Danevirke
11. Dimbovita
12. Dunkerquois
13. Eumaeus
14. Fremona
15. Garthelyde
16. Glencarron
17. Golden dawn
18. Hirondelle
19. Hovde (possibly) or barbro
20. La p'tite julie 1
21. Lagardere
22. Lewis luckenbach
23. Mount carmel
24. Norma
25. Rene marthe
26. Setubal
27. Tanio (bow only)
28. Welsh princess
29. Westlands
30. Zelza
31. Zh 1

 

Name: EUMAEUS

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 85 meter, Height above seabed: 30 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: 1918 POSN 491500N, 041900W. (REPORT FROM TUG 'EPIC' FROM THE SCILLY ISLES, DOCKET M07101). 4.3.18 POSN 24M NNE FROM ILE DE VIERGE. (RA FALMOUTH). PLOTS IN 490000N, 042000W. 10.12.76 SALVAGE TOOK PLACE ON THIS WK 'BETWEEN 1938-39' BY AN ITALIAN FIRM. POSITION NOT GIVEN. (BOT, WAR RISK OFFICE, TELECON 10.12.76). H1271/80 13.6.80 NDW SHOWN IN 491500N, 041900W [EUR] ON FRENCH 6680D [1980 EDN]. BR STD. H1310/85/14 2.5.85 LOCATED 15/16.4.85 IN 490400N, 042900W [EUR] USING TRANSIT SATNAV. LIES 030/210DEGS. BOWS 030DEGS. BADLY DAMAGED THROUGHOUT, EXCEPT FOR THE POOP. LEAST DEPTH OVER POOP SAMPSON POST 77MTRS AND AT TOP OF BRIDGE WKGE 79MTRS [UNREDUCED]. PORT SIDE APPROX 2MTRS ABOVE SEABED, ANGLED 70-80DEGS UP TO STARBOARD SIDE. BOW TWISTED AWAY FROM MAIN STRUCTURE. HOLD NO.1 BADLY DAMAGED, FILLED WITH SCRAP IRON & PLATES. HOLDS 2 & 3 COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED & UNRECOGNISABLE. BRIDGE & ENGINE ROOM DAMAGED WITH MOST OF SUPERSTRUCTURE LYING ON SEABED PORTSIDE. HOLD 4 CONSISTS OF WKGE & BALES OF ROTTING COPRA CARGO. HOLD 5 JUST WKGE, PRESUMED WHERE TORPEDO HIT. MOST OF BOTTOM SIDE & PROPELLER MISSING. INDICATION OF EXPLOSIVE CHARGE ON PROPELLER SHAFT. (SEASALVE MARINE LTD, 30.4.85). REDUCED LEAST DEPTH 72MTRS. INS AS WK 72MTRS. BR STD. 10.8.87 NOT SHOWN ON FRENCH 6680 [1986 EDN], OR IN FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987. 30.6.99 LISTED AS WK 72MTRS IN 4904.00N, 0429.00W [EUR] IN FRENCH WK RECORDS 1999 NO.14594089. NCA. 30.6.99 LISTED AS WK USC 60MTRS IN 4915.00N, 0419.00W [EUR] IN FRENCH WK RECORDS 1999 NO.14594043. NCA. BELIEVED UNCANCELLED DATA. RETAIN AS CHARTED. 11.6.07 LISTED IN FRENCH WK RECORDS 2007. NCA. 25.2.09 SHOWN AS WK PA 72MTRS IN 4903.940N, 0429.090W [WGD] ON FRENCH 6680 [3RD EDN 2003, CORRECT TO NM 42 29 08, 1:150,000, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NC 2647. 8.9.09 8.9.09 WK 72MTRS IN 4903.93N, 0429.07W [WGD] SHOWN ON FRENCH 6930 [2ND EDN 2009 1:150,000, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NC 2648.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP. UPRIGHT

Position: 49 3.93 N,4 29.07 W

 

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