This is the information page about the shipwreck La minette, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 47.012 N,0 38.518 W (49.4905, -0.7145)
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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: LA MINETTE
Length 14.9 meter, tonnage 34 ton
Cause: 23.3.88 picked up wwii mine in nets. vessel sank after it exploded, shattering her hull. (ll, 23.3.88).
Year of registration: 1988
Water depth above wreck: 37 meter, Height above seabed: 60 cm
Known since: 1988, last detected: 1990
Details measurements/cartography: H2884/85 9.3.88 SANK IN 494750N, 004030W, APPROX. (LL, 23.2.88). H2340/87 8.9.88 WK, LEAST DEPTH 27MTRS [15FMS], IN 494704N, 003826W. (FR NM 88 33 20).
- NM 2909/88. 23.7.90 WK OF 'LA MINETTE' IN 494704.3N, 003826.3W [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 20MTRS. EXAM'D BY SONAR. LEAST DEPTH 27 IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS. ORIENTATION 060/240DEGS. LISTING 20DEGS TO PORTSIDE. 10MTRS ABOVE SEABED WITH MAST AS HIGHEST POINT. (FR WK RECORDS JAN'90 NO.14590552). NC 2613.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: LISTING 20DEGS TO PORTSIDE
Position: 49 47.012 N,0 38.518 W