This is the information page about the shipwreck Fdt 216 (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 42.847 N,0 32.857 W (49.49575, -0.2880167)
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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: FDT 216 (POSSIBLY)
Length 100 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 2750 ton
Cause: Sunk by torpedo dropped by german ju88 aircraft. (ww2sl; aom 199/169). also repd sunk by rn naval gunfire having been abandoned after being torpedoed. detailed description of her loss in hh100/351/07, e13.
Year of registration: 1944
Water depth above wreck: 34 meter, Height above seabed: 140 cm
Known since: 1944, last detected: 1990
Details measurements/cartography: H02758/44 5.8.44 H02758/44 5.8.44 SUNK IN 494300N, 003200W APPROX. NOT DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION. (FOBAA, SIG DTD 9.7.44). CHART AS NDW PA.
- NM 1684/44. 3.1.80 3.1.80 SHOWN AS USC PA 20MTRS IN 494300N, 003200W ON FR 6614D [1979 EDN]. NE 2613. H2745/75 21.7.80 H2745/75 21.7.80 AMEND TO WK 27MTRS [14FMS] IN 494257N, 003252W. (BREST NM 80 25 27). R/P. 1.8.90 1.8.90 WK 27MTRS SHOWN IN 494254N, 003247W ON FR 6857 [1986 EDN]. UNKNOWN IN 494254.4N, 003246.6W [EUR] [+/-20MTRS]. EXAM'D BY E/S & SONAR. LEAST DEPTH 27 IN GEN DEPTH 34MTRS. STANDS 7.4MTRS ABOVE SEABED. LENGTH OF WK 30MTRS, ORIENTATION 140/320DEGS. (FR WK RECORDS 1987 NO.14590406). SHOWN AS WK 27MTRS IN 494254.4N, 003246.6W [EUR] WITH EXTENDED DANGER LINE TO COVER WK 28.5MTRS [24278] CLOSE N ON NC 2613.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: See Also: 24278
Position: 49 42.847 N,0 32.857 W