Wreck: Lcg 1062 (Landing craft)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Lcg 1062, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 20.425 N,0 14.938 W (49.3404167, -0.2489667)
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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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Shipwreck details
Name: LCG 1062
Length 56.4 meter, width: 11.9 meter, draught: 1.2, tonnage 530 ton
Cause: Struck a mine and sank during operation neptune. (french wk records).
Year of registration: 1944
Water depth above wreck: 10 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm
Known since: 1944, last detected: 2021
Details measurements/cartography: H03324/44 SUNK IN 492100N, 001500W APPROX. (PORTSMOUTH LIST). H7561/49 6.1.50 WK, LEAST DEPTH 4.6MTRS, IN 491200N, 001500W. (PARIS NM 49 12 46).
- NM 2656/49. 1.10.74 SHOWN AS WK 5MTRS IN 492026N, 001449W [EUR] ON FRENCH 890. NC 2146. 13.2.84 WK OF LANDING SHIP TANK IN 492029N, 001454W [EUR]. LOCATED BY SIDESCAN SONAR & MAGNETOMETER. LEAST DEPTH 4.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 10MTRS BY E/S. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1983). SHOWN AS WK 5MTRS ON FRENCH 891 [1983 EDN]. NC 1349. H3898/82 31.10.84 NOW WK, LEAST DEPTH 4.8MTRS, IN 492028N, 001455W [EUR]. (BREST NM 84 39 39). R/P. HH351/351/01 28.12.89 LIGHTER OR BARGE LOCATED IN 492029N, 001450W [EUR] USING TRIDENT III. POSN ACCURACY 20MTRS. EXAM'D BY MAGNETOMETER & SONAR. LEAST DEPTH 4.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 10MTRS BY E/S. DISEMBARKMENT GEARING COMPLETE & OVERTURNED ON SEABED. LYING N/S. STANDS 5.7MTRS HIGH. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987, NO.14590188). NE 2146. 12.2.92 REFERRED TO AS WK OF 'LCG 1062'. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1991, NO.14590188). 22.11.93 AMENDED TO WK 5MTRS IN 492029N, 001451W. (FRENCH WK RECORDS, NO.14590188). BR STD. 10.5.96 SHOWN AS WK 4.8MTRS ON FRENCH 6927 [1996 EDN]. 9.10.96 SHOWN AS WK 5MTRS ON FRENCH 7055 (1996 EDN). NE 1349. 8.1.13 [WGD] POSN: 4920.425N, 0014.938W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 49 20.425 N,0 14.938 W
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