This is the information page about the shipwreck Giglio, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 46 57.47 N,2 19.69 W (47.012866666667, -2.2137833333333)
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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: GIGLIO
Length 104 meter, width: 14 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 3000 ton
Load: chemicals
Cause: vessel, built as 'war grange' in 1917 by armstrong whitworth & co ltd, was wrecked on les boeufs rocks, off noumoutier while on passage from sfax to basse indre. (british standard ships of ww1).
Year of registration: 1974
Water depth above wreck: 1 meter
Known since: 1974, last detected: 2006
Details measurements/cartography: H3464/70 21.5.74 ST IN 465728N, 021930W [EUR]. MARKED BY R CAN BUOY, CYLINDRICAL TOPMARK CLOSE S. (FRENCH NM 74 13 31). BR STD. H3464/70 20.8.84 WK NOW COVERS & UNCOVERS. (FRENCH NM 84 29 31). NCA. 10.3.89 POSN ACCURACY 500MTRS. GEN DEPTH 2MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987). 28.3.96 SHOWN AS ST PA ON FRENCH 7394 [1995 EDN]. R CAN BUOY, CLOSE S, IS NOT MARKING WK. BR STD. HH353/510/04 12.4.99 ST NOW DRIES 2.3MTRS. (FRENCH NM 99 12 19). BR STD. SEP 2006/000379598 21.9.06 REPLACE ST DRIES 2.3MTRS PA WITH ST DRIES 2.3MTRS IN 4657.53N, 0219.61W [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 34/9/06). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 46 57.47 N,2 19.69 W