This is the information page about the shipwreck Le copain d'abord, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 5.78 N,2 20.74 E (51.1325, 2.5103667)

 

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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. Bourrasque
2. Bowsprite (bow section)
3. Bramden (possibly)
4. Brighton
5. Bruno heinemann (z.8)
6. Clan macalister
7. Clan macneil (possibly)
8. Cmb 71a
9. Douaisien (possibly)
10. Estafette
11. Etendard
12. Fennella
13. Floride (probably)
14. Foudroyant
15. Foudroyant (possibly)
16. G 96
17. Ganko
18. Hms basilisk
19. Hms blackburn rovers (possibly)
20. Hms brighton queen
21. Hms grenade
22. Hms keith
23. Hms king orry
24. Hms redcar
25. Hms skipjack
26. Hms st abbs
27. Hms st achilleus (possibly)
28. Hms thuringia (possibly)
29. Hms westella
30. Horst
31. Jaguar
32. Jonrix
33. Kestrel
34. Kilmore
35. L'urtiga (possibly)
36. Laura
37. Le copain d'abord
38. Lorina
39. Lorina (possibly)
40. Madimba (probably)
41. Mariner (possibly)
42. Marthe
43. Melrose
44. Mona's queen
45. Neerlandais
46. Okeania
47. P 319
48. Paris (possibly)
49. Peppinella
50. Port nicholson (probably)
51. Portrieux
52. Prinses astrid
53. Quo vadis
54. R.93 (possibly)
55. Sabrina
56. Saint camille
57. Sigurds faulbaums
58. St fagan
59. St pierre (aft section)
60. St pierre (fore portion)
61. Sterre der zee
62. Toquet
63. Torpilleur branlebas
64. Trifels
65. Tringa
66. Ub29
67. Uc 63
68. V 201 (possibly)
69. Vlaanderen (probably)
70. West-hinder
71. Wielingen ii (possibly)
72. Wielingen ltv
73. Wolf
74. Zeester

 

Name: LE COPAIN D'ABORD

Length 9.8 meter, width: 3 meter, tonnage 9 ton

Year of registration: 1989

Water depth above wreck: 5 meter

Known since: 1989, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: HH351/350/01 31.1.90 SANK IN 510550N, 022049E. (CHERBOURG LOCAL AV. 1314/89) NCA YET. HH351/350/01 28.3.90 SUNK IN GEN DEPTH 5MTRS. POSN ACCURACY 500MTRS. (BREST NM 90 09 20 & FRENCH WK NO.21612323).

- NM 1149/90. 8.4.03 SHOWN AS DW PD IN 5105.780N, 0220.740E [WGD] ON FRENCH 7057 [INT 1482] [2ND EDN 2002, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 1350.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 5.78 N,2 20.74 E

 

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