This is the information page about the shipwreck Foscolo, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 23.617 N,3 17.138 E (51.604716666667, 3.38255)
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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: FOSCOLO
Year of registration: 1942
Water depth above wreck: 7 meter
Known since: 1942, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: H0411/42 24.1.42 DW IN 512341N, 031700E. (ADMIRALTY). - FNM 180/42. H0430/44 20.12.44 G SPHERICAL BUOY, FLG5S LAID 1C W OF WK. (ADMIRALTY).
- NM 2845/44. H0430/44 6.1.45 BUOY NOW G SPHERICAL, GPFL(3)G10S, 325DEGS 75YDS FROM WK. (ADMIRALTY).
- NM 67/45. H3697/52 11.9.53 SHOWN AS WK 9MTRS [4FMS 5FT] WITH BUOY ON NETH 203. BR STD. H3697/52 10.10.53 SMALL PIECE OF WK REMAINS 6M NE OF ZEEBRUGGE. LEAST DEPTH 9.8MTRS. [5FMS 2FT] NO SCOUR. MARKED BY BUOY. (HMS SHACKLETON).
- NM 2342/53. H3697/52 5.4.54 BUOY REMOVED. (OSTEND NMS 5/28 & 29/54).
- NM 750/54. 17.10.57 NOW CHARTED AS SW 9.8MTRS [5FMS 2FT] IN 512339N, 031713E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. H3697/52 31.7.70 CONFIRMATION OF ABOVE. (OSTEND NM 132/71). NCA. 23.5.72 CONFIRMATION OF ABOVE. (HAGUE NM 2645/71). H3199/74 17.4.74 SHOWN AS F ON BELGIAN 7, SHEET 12. BR STD. H3199/74 11.12.74 SHOWN AS F ON BELGIAN 1 [1974 EDN]. 17.9.76 17.9.76 SHOWN AS NDW ON BELGIAN 8 & 11. BR STD. 16.5.90 SHOWN AS NDW ON NETH 1442 [1989 EDN]. 6.2.91 NOW SHOWN AS NDW IN 512340N, 031713E [EUR]. (NETH WK RECORDS, SEP'90 EDN, NO.S101409). BR STD. 5.7.95 FOUL SHOWN IN 512339N, 031713E [EUR] ON BELGIAN 101 [1995 EDN]. BR STD. 31.5.07 SHOWN IN 5123.617N, 0317.138E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 101 [INT 1474] [JUN 2006 EDN LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 1874.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: Distributed remains of wreck
Position: 51 23.617 N,3 17.138 E