This is the information page about the shipwreck Flandre (aft section), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 45 39.422 N,1 8.341 W (45.5484, -1.0411333333333)
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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: FLANDRE (AFT SECTION)
Length 141.4 meter, width: 17.4 meter, draught: 8.8, tonnage 8571 ton
Cause: built 1914 by chantiers de l'atlantique. owned at time of loss by cie generale transatlantique. struck a mine & sank at mouth of the gironde. (dods).
Year of registration: 1949
Water depth above wreck: 3 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm
Known since: 1949, last detected: 2017
Details measurements/cartography: 17.3.49 SHOWN AS ST IN 453932N, 010829W ON FRENCH 164. NE 2910. 31.1.77 SHOWN AS ST IN 453928N, 010818W ON FRENCH 6335 [1976 EDN]. NE 2910. 28.9.83 SHOWN AS ST IN 453929.5N, 010815W ON FRENCH 6336 [1983 EDN]. NC 2910. 29.9.83 AFT SECTION OF LINER 'FLANDRE' STRANDED IN 453929N 010816W [EUR]. VESSEL COVERS & UNCOVERS, DRYING 2.9MTRS IN GEN DEPTH BY E/S 3MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1983). 7.4.86 SHOWN AS STP DRIES 2.9MTRS IN 453929.5N, 010815W [EUR] ON FRENCH 7028 [1985 EDN]. BR STD. 9.1.03 SHOWN AS ST DRIES 2.9MTRS IN 4539.432N, 0108.330W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7425 [2002 EDN, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NC 3058. 27.2.06 SHOWN IN 4539.422N, 0108.341W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7425 [INT 1849] [2ND EDN 2005, 1:25,000, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 3058.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: See Also: 26853
Position: 45 39.422 N,1 8.341 W