This is the information page about the shipwreck Hippocampe (?hypocampe), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 42.532 N,1 31.753 E (50.7460167, 1.54795)

 

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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. Acer
2. Acer
3. Advent
4. Aiglon
5. Amandine
6. Argo
7. Atlantic (possibly)
8. Belford
9. Blanc nez
10. Brandenburg
11. Ca 4
12. Cachalot
13. Cap de la hague
14. Colbert
15. Costas michalos (fwd part)
16. D'artagnan
17. Dartmore
18. Dixie
19. Dotterel
20. Eustratios (probably)
21. Evolution
22. Express
23. Gladys
24. Gloire a sainte therese
25. Harmatris
26. Hippocampe (?hypocampe)
27. Hms brazen
28. Hms lord grey
29. Hms wessex
30. Iltis (possibly)
31. Ines
32. Jupiter tr 1 (possibly)
33. Katharina kolkmann
34. L'intrepide
35. La fleche
36. Le tregor
37. Les aulnays
38. Loic
39. Lorraine
40. Marie-ange loic
41. Mariner moon
42. Mercator
43. Merida
44. Moise
45. Moorside (probably)
46. Munificent
47. Negrier
48. Nicolaw
49. Niendorf (possibly)
50. Niki
51. Notre dame des trois epis
52. Ophelie
53. Pallieter
54. Petit antoine
55. Phoenix
56. Rhea
57. Rio parana
58. Rochester castle (possibly)
59. Saint benoit labre
60. Sainte marie de la mer
61. Smarapaan
62. Sperrbrecher 171 (possibly)
63. Sultana
64. Tbd 317
65. Texaco caribbean (after section)
66. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
67. Tusnastabb (possibly)
68. U 8
69. U 93 (probably)
70. Ub 103 (possibly)
71. Ub 108 (possibly)
72. Ub 38
73. Ub 56 (possibly)
74. Ub 78
75. Ub-33 (probably)
76. Uc 63
77. Uc 78 or uc 79
78. Unity
79. Vent arriere
80. Virgo sancta

 

Name: HIPPOCAMPE (?HYPOCAMPE)

Length 7.9 meter

Cause: Sunk after springing a leak. (french wk records).

Year of registration: 1986

Water depth above wreck: 17 meter

Known since: 1986, last detected: 2016

Details measurements/cartography: H2981/78 15.5.86 SANK IN 504235N, 013150E (AVIS 043 OF 21.3.86). NCA YET. H3898/82 16.6.86 WK, COVERED WITH LESS THAN 20MTRS. POSN DOUBTFUL. (BREST NM 86 19 24). CHART AS DW PD IN 504235N, 013150E. R/P. 11.11.92 WK OF FV 'HIPPOCAMPE' [?'HYPOCAMPE'] IN 504235N, 013150E [EUR] [+/-500MTRS]. LEAST DEPTH LESS THAN 20 IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS [1987] NO 21601302). NCA. 11.7.00 NOW CHARTED AS DW PA. NE 1892. 10.12.02 SHOWN AS DW PD IN 5042.532N, 0131.753E [WGD] ON FRENCH 7247 [INT 1743] [2ND EDN 2002, LARGEST SCALE 1:10,000]. NE 438.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WOODEN HULL

Position: 50 42.532 N,1 31.753 E

 

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