This is the information page about the shipwreck Helge (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 50.782 N,2 46.89 W (48.985666666667, -2.8831666666667)
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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: HELGE (POSSIBLY)
Length 71.9 meter, width: 9.4 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1133 ton
Load: cement
Cause: vessel, built 1877 by w gray & co, was torpedoed & sunk by german submarine 'ub 109' whilst in convoy on passage from london to brest. owned at time of loss by aktieb h uner. (dods, ww1 sl, ll ww2 & der krieg zur see).
Year of registration: 2006
Water depth above wreck: 34 meter
Known since: 2006, last detected: 2021
Details measurements/cartography: SEP 2006/000369747 14.7.06 WK 26.5MTRS IN 4850.83N, 0246.76E [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 25/10/06). POSSIBLY THE 'HELGE', SEE [25826].
- NM 3724/06.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 48 50.782 N,2 46.89 W