This is the information page about the shipwreck Le bison, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 56.25 N,0 56.72 E (49.9388, 0.9410167)

 

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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. Af 13
2. Ar voaleden
3. Braga
4. Cap levi
5. Celine-baptiste
6. Claude michel
7. Coonagh
8. Cote d'emeraude
9. Garry laure
10. General munthe (possibly)
11. Gerfer
12. Heimdall
13. Hms berkeley (part of)
14. Hms berkeley (part of)
15. Hms berkeley (part of)
16. Hms daffodil
17. Hugo
18. Jaques henri (possibly)
19. Kia ora
20. La belle etoile
21. La revanche
22. Le bison
23. Leeuwarden
24. Les deux beaufs
25. Marie rose
26. Neptune
27. Normandie
28. Oijfeld
29. Ora (possibly)
30. Ora (possibly)
31. Patrick elizabeth
32. Petit pierre
33. Pierre le dieppois
34. Pingouin (possibly)
35. Port-manech
36. R 180 (possibly)
37. Ramsholm (probably)
38. River tyne
39. Salve regina
40. Sante-bonheur
41. Sauternes or cerons
42. Sperrbrecher 178
43. St simon (possibly)
44. Virginie

 

Name: LE BISON

Length 18 meter, width: 5.2 meter, tonnage 10 ton

Cause: Presumed scuttled during operation 'mellick'.

Year of registration: 1992

Water depth above wreck: 11 meter

Known since: 1992, last detected: 1993

Details measurements/cartography: HH351/351/02 31.1.92 HH351/351/02 31.1.92 SUNK IN 495618N, 005648E [EUR]. GEN DEPTH 13MTRS. (CHERBOURG LOCAL AVURNAV NO 1029). NCA YET. POSN FOR FILING ONLY. 12.2.93 12.2.93 PLOTS WITHIN FOUL AREA [SEE WK RECORD 59292]. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 56.25 N,0 56.72 E

 

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