This is the information page about the shipwreck France, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 47 27.132 N,3 2.094 W (47.516666666667, -21.283333333333)

 

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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. Amzer zo
2. Angers
3. Artiglio
4. Bourbaki
5. Bugalet
6. Eglantine
7. Elisabethville
8. Florence (possibly)
9. Fort rampart
10. France
11. Francois jean
12. Gournis (probably)
13. Hanan
14. Kansan
15. Korrigan
16. L 128
17. Marulie
18. Monique
19. Nadia (possibly)
20. Nann smith
21. Philippe eric
22. Pontoporos (probably)
23. Quo vadis
24. Rutenfjell
25. Sancta-maria
26. Surveillante (possibly)
27. Thracia (probably)
28. Thuringen
29. Vengeur
30. Voltaire
31. War marvel

 

Name: FRANCE

Length 165.8 meter, width: 26.8 meter, draught: 8.8, tonnage 23120 ton

Cause: ran aground during exercise due to faulty charts.

Year of registration: 1922

Water depth above wreck: 20 meter, Height above seabed: 75 cm

Known since: 1922, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: H5685/22 5.9.22 DW IN 472710N, 030212W MARKED BY G CONL BUOYS E & W, & 4.5FMS ROCK ALSO. (PARIS NM 58 1165 22).

- NM 1490/22. H2237/23 23.3.23 G PILLAR BUOY LAID 114.3DEG, 5.6C FROM LA SEIGNOUSE LT. (PARIS NM 33 567 23).

- NM 510/23. H2590/23 23.4.23 NOW ST MARKED BY G SPINDLE BUOY NE ONLY. (PARIS NM).

- NM 648/23. H6606/27 17.10.27 FOUND TO BE STRANDED.

- NM 1848/27. H935/36 7.2.36 DEMOLITION IN PROGRESS. (PARIS NM 5 286(T) 36). TNM ISSUED. H4497/38 16.5.40 TNM TO REMAIN. (PARIS HYDRO). NCA. H935/36 27.7.40 TNM CANCELLED. (PARIS HYDRO). TNM CANCELLED.

- NM 1844/40. H935/36 24.6.57 AMEND TO WK 17.8MTRS. (PARIS NM 57 14 15).

- NM 1358/57. 13.6.80 SHOWN AS DWP 18MTRS (EPAVE DE LA FRANCE) ON FRENCH 5352. 15.11.85 WK 18MTRS IN 472712.2N, 030203.7W [EUR]. GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1984). 27.2.89 POSN ACCURACY 500MTRS [NOT PA]. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987). 26.9.96 SHOWN IN 472711.5N, 030200W [EUR] ON FRENCH 7141 [1995 EDN]. NC 2357. 12.2.07 SHOWN AS WK 18MTRS IN 4727.132N, 0302.094W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7141 [2ND EDN 2006, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 2357.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 47 27.132 N,3 2.094 W

 

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