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 (50.746017, 1.547950)

 

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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 (aft section)
16. Costas michalos (fwd part)
17. D'artagnan
18. Dartmore
19. Dixie
20. Dotterel
21. Eustratios (probably)
22. Evolution
23. Express
24. Gladys
25. Gloire a sainte therese
26. Harmatris
27. Hippocampe (?hypocampe)
28. Hms brazen
29. Hms lord grey
30. Hms wessex
31. Iltis (possibly)
32. Ines
33. Jupiter (probably)
34. Jupiter tr 1 (possibly)
35. Katharina kolkmann
36. L'intrepide
37. La fleche
38. Le tregor
39. Les aulnays
40. Loic
41. Lorraine
42. Marie-ange loic
43. Mariner moon
44. Mercator
45. Merida
46. Moise
47. Moorside (probably)
48. Munificent
49. Negrier
50. Nicolaw
51. Niendorf (possibly)
52. Niki
53. Notre dame des trois epis
54. Ophelie
55. Pallieter
56. Petit antoine
57. Phoenix
58. Rhea
59. Rio parana
60. Rochester castle (possibly)
61. Saint benoit labre
62. Sainte marie de la mer
63. Smarapaan
64. Sperrbrecher 171 (possibly)
65. St claire (possibly)
66. Sultana
67. Tbd 317
68. Texaco caribbean (after section)
69. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
70. Tusnastabb (possibly)
71. U 8
72. U 93 (probably)
73. Ub 103 (possibly)
74. Ub 108 (possibly)
75. Ub 38
76. Ub 56 (possibly)
77. Ub 78
78. Ub-33 (probably)
79. Uc 63
80. Uc 78 or uc 79
81. Unity
82. Vent arriere
83. 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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