This is the information page about the shipwreck Laplace, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 39.729 N,2 16.54 W (48.516666666667, -14.833333333333)

 

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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.

 

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Name: LAPLACE

Length 92.7 meter, width: 11.5 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 1430 ton

Cause: sunk whilst at anchor by a magnetic mine. (fr wreck records). a memorial monument to those lost on this wk is reported to be situated to n of saint-cast. (p adam).

Year of registration: 1950

Water depth above wreck: 12 meter, Height above seabed: 60 cm

Known since: 1950, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: H7794/50 1.1.51 ST IN 483936N, 021638W. (FR NM 40 29 50). H7794/5 12.1.51 WK MARKED BY G BUOY CLOSE E. (FR NM 40 29 50). H7794/50 26.8.58 AMEND BUOY TO SPHERICAL BR CLOSE NE. (FR NM 58 24 12).

- NM 1774/58. H7794/50 3.8.60 AMEND TO DW. (FRENCH NM 60 26 50).

- NM 1866/60. 10.12.71 DW 137.5DEGS, 0.56M FROM TR ON PTE DE LA LATTE. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 3659. 21.9.77 DW IN 483949.4N, 021636.6W. GEN DEPTH 7MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1976). 21.6.84 DW IN 483944N, 021626W. SAME NAME. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1984). NC 3659. H2302/84 8.4.87 WK 7.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 12MTRS. (FRENCH NM 86 51 24 & FRENCH WRECK RECORDS). BR STD. 8.12.97 ISOLATED DANGER BUOY NOT SHOWN ON FRENCH 6966 [1997 EDN]. AWAIT FRENCH 7155. NCA. 8.10.98 SHOWN AS WK PA 7.5MTRS IN 483946N, 021626.5W [EUR] ON FRENCH 7129 [1997 EDN]. BR STD. HH351/560/004 3.1.05 NOW WK 7.5MTRS IN 4839.843N, 0216.370W [EUR]. ISO DANGER SPAR BUOY, 'LAPLACE', CLOSE NE. (FRENCH NM 05 03 19). [WGD] POSN: 4839.785N, 0216.287W.

- NM 1232/05. 18.7.06 [WGD] POSN: 4839.785N, 0216.453W. INVERTED. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 2006). AMEND POSN. BR STD. SEP 2008/00007155 18.7.08 SHOWN IN 4839.79N, 0216.45W [WGD] WITH BUOY ON FRENCH 7155 [2ND EDN JAN '08].

- NM 5333/08. SEP 2008/000095714 3.12.08 NOW WK 6MTRS IN 4839.729N, 0216.540W [WGD]. UNLIT ISO DANGER SPAR BUOY 'LAPLACE' NOW IN 4839.734N, 0216.447E. (FRENCH NM 47/27/08).

- NM 7080/08.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INVERTED

Position: 48 39.729 N,2 16.54 W

 

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