This is the information page about the shipwreck Foudroyant, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 4.961 N,2 15.389 E (51.1325, 2.5103667)

 

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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.

 

1. Bourrasque
2. Bramden (possibly)
3. Brighton
4. Bruno heinemann (z.8)
5. Clan macalister
6. Clan macneil (possibly)
7. Douaisien (possibly)
8. Estafette
9. Etendard
10. Fennella
11. Floride (probably)
12. Foudroyant
13. Foudroyant (possibly)
14. Ganko
15. Hms blackburn rovers (possibly)
16. Hms brighton queen
17. Hms grenade
18. Hms keith
19. Hms king orry
20. Hms redcar
21. Hms skipjack
22. Hms st abbs
23. Hms st achilleus (possibly)
24. Hms thuringia (possibly)
25. Hms westella
26. Horst
27. Jaguar
28. Jean pierre et phillipe
29. Jonrix
30. Kestrel
31. L'urtiga (possibly)
32. Laura
33. Le copain d'abord
34. Lorina
35. Lorina (possibly)
36. M 3630 (possibly)
37. Madimba (probably)
38. Mariner (possibly)
39. Marthe
40. Melrose
41. Mona's queen
42. Neerlandais
43. Noroit
44. Okeania
45. Paris (possibly)
46. Pavon
47. Port nicholson (probably)
48. Portrieux
49. Prinses astrid
50. Quo vadis
51. R.93 (possibly)
52. Sabrina
53. Saint camille
54. Sint annaland
55. St fagan
56. St pierre (aft section)
57. St pierre (fore portion)
58. Sterre der zee
59. Toquet
60. Trifels
61. Tringa
62. Uc 63
63. V 201 (possibly)
64. Vlaanderen (probably)
65. West-hinder
66. Wielingen ii (possibly)
67. Wolf
68. Zeester

 

Name: FOUDROYANT

Length 101.5 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 1772 ton

Cause: Bombed and sunk by german a/c during operations to evacuate french and british armies from dunkirk.

Year of registration: 1977

Water depth above wreck: 23 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1977, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H3544/72 3.8.77 WK 14MTRS IN 510512N, 021503E [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 77 27 19).

- NM 1868/77. H3544/72 22.3.78 NOW WK WITH LESS THAN 20 MTRS OVER IT. (FRENCH NM 77 27 19). AMEND TO DW.

- NM 804/78. H1310/88/18 15.7.88 THIS IS CERTAINLY THE WK OF THE FRENCH DESTROYER FOUDROYANT. LIES ALMOST UPSIDE DOWN. (J COULON, 15.3.88). H1271/87 10.11.88 SHOWN AS DW PA ON FRENCH 7057 [1987 EDN]. IDENTITY NOT CONFIRMED. (FRENCH WK RECORD NO 21612225) AMEND TO DW PA. NC 323. H1311/88/56 15.12.88 FOUDROYANT DIVED SEVERAL TIMES. LIES WITH BOWS N AND ALMOST UPSIDE DOWN. POSN IS 510500N, 021528E. (J COULON, 14.11.88). HH351/350/01 5.4.89 POSN NOW 510500.5N, 021528E [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 89 09 24).

- NM 1155/89. 8.4.03 SHOWN AS DW [PA] IN 5104.960N, 0215.390E [WGD] ON FRENCH 7057 [INT 1482] [2ND EDN 2002, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 1350. SEP 2015/000164272 18.9.15 SHOWN AS DW [PA] 13MTRS IN 5103.671N, 0215.682E [WGD] ON BE 11 [NE, DTD 1.7.15]. AMEND TO DW [PA] 13MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2015/000224397 12.11.15 SHOWN AS DW(PA) IN 5104.961N, 0215.389E [WGD] ON FRENCH 7057. (EDN 4, 2015). AMEND DW(PA) IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, INVERTED, BOWS N

Position: 51 4.961 N,2 15.389 E

 

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