This is the information page about the shipwreck Forde, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 2.535 N,5 3.991 W (49.967, -5.1835166666667)
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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: FORDE
Length 89.3 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 6.8, tonnage 2155 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: ex-katendrecht. built in 1900 by jan smit, alblasserdam. owned at time of loss by h kuhule. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 210 hp, single shaft. machinery by the ne sb & eng co, sunderland. passage le havre for cardiff in ballast. went ashore in fog. crew recovered.
Year of registration: 2001
Water depth above wreck: -1 meter
Known since: 2001
Details measurements/cartography: 5.3.01 LIES IN 5002.535N, 0503.991W [WGD]. WELL BROKEN UP. (K HEATH, TELECON).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 50 2.535 N,5 3.991 W