This is the information page about the shipwreck Flore (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 60 34.416 N,0 38.19 W (60.42445, -0.72313333333333)
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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: FLORE (POSSIBLY)
Length 105.8 meter, width: 14.4 meter, draught: 7.7, tonnage 355 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: ex-harpenden. built in 1906 by furness, withy & co ltd, west hartlepool. owned at time of loss by soc les affreteurs reunis. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 292ihp, single shaft. passage archangel for brest. torpedoed and sunk. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 142 meter, Height above seabed: 40 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 1984
Details measurements/cartography: 22.2.80 22.2.80 NDWPA IN 603700N, 003800W. (US P/O, 16.10.76). NCA. H3718/84 11.3.85 H3718/84 11.3.85 EXAM'D 5.10.84 IN 603427N, 003804W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 132 IN GEN DEPTH 142MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTRS TO N OF WK. DCS3 HT 8.9MTRS. LENGTH 100MTRS APPROX, WIDTH 20MTRS, APPROX. APPARENTLY V BROKEN UP AND LYING 040/220 DEG. (NP 1008, RV BON ESPRIT, HI 144). SONAR TRACE INDICATES THIS WK TO PROBABLY A CARGO VESSEL. INS AS WK 132MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: APPARENTLY VERY BROKEN UP
Position: 60 34.416 N,0 38.19 W