This is the information page about the shipwreck Flandre (fwd section), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 45 39.416 N,1 8.252 W (45.5484, -1.0411333333333)

 

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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.

 

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7. Cascais (?cascaes)
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11. David caldwell (aft section)
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15. Flandre (fwd section)
16. Flevo iv (possibly)
17. Galet d'or
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51. Vent
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53. Ville de royan
54. Z-24

 

Name: FLANDRE (FWD SECTION)

Length 141.4 meter, width: 17.4 meter, draught: 8.8, tonnage 8571 ton

Cause: built in 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: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 3 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: 28.9.83 SHOWN AS ST IN 453928N, 010809W ON FRENCH 6336 [1983 EDN]. NC 2910. 29.9.83 FORE SECTION OF LINER 'FLANDRE' STRANDED IN 453928N, 010809W [EUR]. VESSEL COVERS & UNCOVERS, DRYING 2.9MTRS IN GEN DEPTH BY E/S 3MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1983). 7.4.86 SHOWN AS ONLY ONE STP DRIES 2.9MTRS IN 453929.5N, 010815W ON FRENCH 7028 [1985 EDN]. SEE FLANDRE [AFT SECTION], WK RECORD [26852]. FORE SECTION AMENDED TO ABEY. DELETE. BR STD. 9.1.03 SHOWN AS ST DRIES 2.9MTRS IN 4539.432N, 0108.250W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7425 [INT 1849] [1ST EDN 2002, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NC 3058. 27.2.06 SHOWN IN 4539.416N, 0108.252W [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: 26852

Position: 45 39.416 N,1 8.252 W

 

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