This is the information page about the shipwreck General metzinger, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 32.45 N,0 1.98 W (49.5408333, -0.033)

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.

Name: GENERAL METZINGER

Length 145.4 meter, width: 16.8 meter, draught: 9.4, tonnage 9312 ton

Cause: Sunk by aircraft at le havre. (ll ww2). vessel, built in 1906 by blohm & voss and owned at the time of loss by soc. des services contractuels des messageries maritimes, was bombed & sunk by german aircraft at le havre. (dods).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 17 meter, Height above seabed: 100 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1989

Details measurements/cartography: H03856/44 22.10.44 H03856/44 22.10.44 WK 3MTRS [1.75FMS] IN POSN 293DEGS, 4.5M FROM CAP DE LA HEVE LT. (FR NM 14.018/50).

- NM 2248/44. H03856/44 23.5.50 H03856/44 23.5.50 WK 3MTRS, MARKED BY G CONL LT BUOY, FLG, TOPMARK 2 TRIANGLES POINTS TOGETHER, CLOSE SW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). INS BUOY.

- NM 1003/50. H2255/52 24.4.52 H2255/52 24.4.52 WK 2.7MTRS [1FM 3FT] IN 493225N, 000157W, MARKED BY B CONL LT BUOY, FLG, TOPMARK 2 TRIANGLES, POINTS TOGETHER, CLOSE W SHOWN ON FR 4937 [1948 EDN]. LC 2146 & LC 2613. H659/60 1.9.60 H659/60 1.9.60 SHOWN ON FR 4937. H2606/66 23.9.69 H2606/66 23.9.69 AMEND BUOY TO BW CONL LT BUOY, Q, 2.5C NNE, ALSO MARKS N LIMIT OF FA CENTRED IN 493100N, 000100W. (FR NM 69 31 17).

- NM 1558/69. 1.10.74 1.10.74 WK 2.8MTRS SHOWN IN 493225N, 000155W, MARKED BY N CARD LT BUOY, VQ, 2.5C NE ON FR 6603. NC 2146. 23.11.89 23.11.89 WK 2.8MTRS, MARKED BY N CARD LT BUOY, VQ, 3C N, SHOWN IN 493230N, 000154W ON FR 6736 [2ND EDN 1989]. BUOY ALSO MARKS LIMIT OF N CHANNEL. FRENCH LINER 'GENERAL METZINGER' IN 493229N, 000153.9W [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 20MTRS. EXAM'D BY E/S, MAGNETOMETER & SONAR. LEAST DEPTH 2.8 IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. LENGTH OF WK 100MTRS, ORIENTATION 100/8280DEGS. (FR WK RECORDS 1987 NO.14590052). [FA NOT SHOWN ON FRENCH CHARTS]. CHART AS WK 2.8MTRS IN 493230N, 000154W, MARKED BY N CARD LT BUOY, VQ, 3C N. NE 2146.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 32.45 N,0 1.98 W

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