This is the information page about the shipwreck Flag theofano, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 43.068 N,0 59.555 W (50.4907, -0.9725167)

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: FLAG THEOFANO

Length 99.1 meter, width: 14 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 1184 ton
Load: cement

Cause: Passage le havre for southampton. sank during gale to strong gale force winds with gusts to force 10, reason not known but possibly due to the cargo shifting. loss was only discovered when lifeboat and bodies were washed ashore.

Year of registration: 1990

Water depth above wreck: 20 meter, Height above seabed: 65 cm

Known since: 1990, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: HH232/352/01 13.2.90 LOCATED IN 504306N, 005927.5W [OGB] USING DECCA. DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION. MARKED BY N CARD, Q, LAID IN 504311.5N, 005918W; MODIFIED S CARD, Q(6)+LFL.10S, IN 504258N, 005919W. Y SPH BUOYS ALSO LAID, APPROX 200YDS E & W OF WK. THESE WILL BE REPLACED BY E & W CARD BUOYS WHEN WEATHER PERMITS. (PORTSMOUTH LOCAL NM 23/90). LEAST DEPTH APPARENTLY BETWEEN 3-5MTRS. LIES ON PORT SIDE WITH BOW TO THE SW. (HMSML GLEANER, TELECON). 19.2.90 E CARD BUOY, Q(3)5S, LAID IN 504300.5N, 005911W; W CARD, Q(9)10S, IN 504303.5N, 005946W. PASSAGE PROHIBITED WITHIN BUOYS. (PORTSMOUTH LOCAL NM 28/90). INS BUOYS.

- NM 700/90. 20.2.90 WK POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED BY DIVERS AS THAT OF 'FLAG THEOFANO'. (LL, 20.2.90). HH232/352/01 16.3.90 LIGHT CHARACTERISTICS OF S, W, AND E CARD. BUOYS NOW REPORTED AS VQ. (A/QHM PORTSMOUTH, TELECON 12.3.90). NFA. HH100/352/01 27.7.90 WK TO BE REMOVED. (CP PORTSMOUTH, 25.7.90). HH232/352/01 2.8.90 SALVAGE OPS COMMENCE 2.8.90 AND WILL LAST ABOUT 4 MONTHS. (PORTSMOUTH LOCAL NM 51/90).

- NM 2318(T)/90. HH232/352/01 1.10.90 SALVAGE OPS PROVING MORE COMPLEX THAN ANTICIPATED. WK LIES ALMOST UPSIDE DOWN AND CEMENT CARGO HAS HARDENED. STRONG U/W CURRENTS ARE RESTRICTING DIVERS IN THEIR WORK. PLAN IS STILL TO REFLOAT VESSEL. OWNERS HAVE ABANDONED WK AND SO MOD IS FUNDING THE RECOVERY. (LL, 17.9.90). HH232/352/01 13.11.90 SALVAGE OPS SUSPENDED TEMPORARILY FOR WINTER STAND DOWN. MARKER BUOY ATTACHED TO WK. (RMAS SALMAID, 11.11.90). NFA. HH232/352/01 20.11.90 NUMEROUS BUOYS AND WIRES IN CONNECTION WITH SALVAGE OPS REMAIN IN AREA. S CARD BUOY NOW IN 504253N, 005929.5W. OTHER 3 BUOYS UNCHANGED. DIVING, ANCHORING AND PASSAGE PROHIBITED WITHIN BUOYS. (PORTSMOUTH LOCAL NM 64/90). NM 2318(T)/90 CANCELLED. AMEND BUOY. INS REST'D AREA.

- NM 3422/90. HH232/352/02 13.3.91 WK LIES 177DEGS, 370FT FROM CHARTED POSN. (DMS(N), HN D/DMS(N)17/6/131B, 6.3.91). PLOTS IN 504302.5N, 005927.5W. AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH232/352/02 18.6.91 WK SITE INVESTIGATION ENTAILING DRILLING 4 BOREHOLES IN SEABED NE OF WK BY BARGE WILCARRY 432, COMMENCED 3.6.91. (QHM, PORTSMOUTH NM 22/91). DETAILS OF WK, BUOYS AND RESTRICTIONS IN FORCE, REPEATED. (QHM, PORTSMOUTH, NM 23/91). STILL GIVES WK POSN AS 504306N, 005927.5W. MOD CONSIDERING DIGGING TRENCH ALONGSIDE WK AND ROLLING VESSEL INTO IT. (LL, 17.6.91). HH232/600/02 12.8.92 EXAM'D 28-30.7.92 IN 504302.03N, 005927.93W [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 5.2 IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. LIES 065/245 DEG WITH KEEL ALMOST UPRIGHT, SUPERSTRUCTURE 80% CRUSHED AND SETTLED IN FIRM SANDY SEABED. (HMSML GLEANER, SIGNAL DTD 31.7.92). AMEND TO WK 5.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 2572/92. HH232/600/02 17.11.92 BUOYS REPOSITIONED: [A] N CARD, Q, IN 504306N, 005929W; [B] S CARD, Q(6)+LFL.10S, IN 504257N, 005926W; [C] E CARD, Q(3)5S, IN 504302N, 005921W; AND [D] W CARD, Q(9)10S, IN 504301N, 005933.5W. DIVING, ANCHORING, FISHING AND PASSAGE OF ANY VESSEL PROHIBITED WITHIN BUOYED AREA. DEAN TAIL BUOY PERMANENTLY REMOVED. AREA HENCEFORTH TO BE KNOWN AS THE 'DEAN TAIL WRECK'. (AQHM, PORTSMOUTH, HN 22.10.92). AMEND POSNS OF BUOYS. DELETE 'DEAN TAIL' BUOY.

- NM 3291/92. H232/600/04 20.3.95 E & W CARD BUOYS WITHDRAWN, S CARD NOW IN 504300.5N, 005929W, N CARD BUOY UNCHANGED. (AQHM PORTSMOUTH, HN DTD 13.3.95).

- NM 1165/95. 3.3.05 [EUT] POSN: 5043.068N, 0059.467W. NE 2037. SEP 2013/000004405 9.1.13 LOCATED IN LISTED POSN. LEAST M/B DEPTH 6.87MTRS. ON EDGE OF AREA SO PROBABLY NFS. (APB SOUTHAMPTON, SOLENT SURVEY DTD 5.2012). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, INVERTED

Position: 50 43.068 N,0 59.555 W

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