This is the information page about the shipwreck Francesco, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 45 51.822 N,1 31.147 W (46.139016666667, -1.2620333333333)

 

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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. Albatros
2. Antietam (part of)
3. Antietam (part of)
4. Atalante
5. Azuero
6. Cap nord
7. Cascais (?cascaes)
8. Cotre 475
9. David caldwell (aft section)
10. David caldwell (fwd section)
11. Etoile du matin
12. Fils de l`ocean
13. Flevo iv (possibly)
14. Francesco
15. Galatee
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18. Henri
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22. Kegums
23. Le petit moussaillon
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33. Noviembre
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37. Quatrain
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40. Rosalin
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48. Ulfsborg
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55. Victoire
56. Vivagel

 

Name: FRANCESCO

Length 107.6 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 5.7, tonnage 3438 ton

Cause: vessel, built 1896 by j priestman & co, was torpedoed & sunk by a german submarine in the bay of biscay. owned at the time of loss by flli sanguineti fu g. (dods).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 27 meter

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H1426/18 11.4.18 DW IN 455210N, 012925W. (ADMIRALTY). INS AS DW (1918) IN 455210N, 012925W. - FNM 244/18. H1302/19 4.1.19 DW LIES 315DEGS, 15M OFF PTE DE LA COUBRE, MARKED BY BUOY. (PARIS NM). H2967/22 18.5.22 DW (1917) IN 455150N, 013110W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. 22.1.76 SHOWN AS DW PD ON FRENCH 6338 [1975 EDN]. NE 2648. 17.2.81 SHOWN AS WK USC PD 20MTRS [11FMS] ON FRENCH 6788 [1979 EDN]. NE 2648. 14.4.81 SHOWN AS DW PD ON FRENCH 6788 [1980 EDN]. NE 2648. 17.3.88 SHOWN AS DW PD IN 455153N, 013103.5W ON FRENCH 7069 [1986 EDN]. INS AS DW PA IN 455153N, 013103W. NC 2663. 16.3.90 SS 'FRANCESCO'. POSN ACCURACY 1M [=PA]. DW IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1988, NO.14551021). NCA. 11.1.02 SHOWN AS DW PD IN 4551.828N, 0131.151W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7405 [1ST EDN 2001, 1:50,000, LARGEST SCALE]. BR STD. SEP 2016/000161697 17.7.16 SHOWN AS DW(PA) IN 4551.828N, 0131.151W [WGD]. (FRENCH NMBLK 26/65_6990/16). AMEND DW(PA).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 45 51.822 N,1 31.147 W

 

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