This is the information page about the shipwreck Le merle, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 43.806 N,1 42.637 W (49.686983333333, -1.6523333333333)

 

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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. A dieu vat (probably)
2. Adamandios georgandis (possibly)
3. Alabama
4. Angelique
5. Boulgaria
6. Breakaway of yare
7. British influence
8. Bronte (ex-war coney)
9. Cab
10. Cabo villano
11. Calvados
12. Campeador
13. Carpathia
14. Chaloupe 112
15. Chantereyne
16. Chanzi
17. Corsaire
18. Discovery
19. Duchess of cornwall
20. Eika
21. Eleni stathatou
22. Etoile des ondes
23. Fleuret
24. G-bagh
25. Gairsoppa
26. Gaspard de la nuit
27. General du temple
28. Hms ashanti (bow section)
29. Hms capel
30. Hms edgehill
31. Hms rhyl
32. Hms truant
33. Imprenable
34. James b richardson
35. John kennedy
36. Karen folmer
37. Komet
38. L'aventurier
39. La fidele
40. Le merle
41. Lenda
42. Leopoldville
43. Louie bell
44. Marie anne de bretagne
45. May girl
46. Mera 1
47. Mimosa
48. Morning admiral
49. Motorola
50. Normandy
51. Nyarlathotep
52. Pangani
53. Pax vobis
54. Pembroke
55. Pendragon b
56. Perles des flots
57. Pizarro
58. Promethee
59. Psi
60. Roger mado (possibly)
61. Roger mado (possibly)
62. Rombo
63. Saint brandan
64. Saint hubert
65. Saint-pierre des marins
66. Sainte marine
67. Slemish
68. Spolanda
69. Stade (possibly)
70. Stanley force
71. Strathalbyn
72. Tayo
73. Tipasa
74. Tracy's michelle
75. Tracys dawn
76. Ussa

 

Name: LE MERLE

Year of registration: 1993

Water depth above wreck: 49 meter

Known since: 1993, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: HH351/520/02 15.4.93 WK, ESTIMATED UNSURVEYED CLEARANCE DEPTH 28MTRS, IN 494351N, 014632.5W. (BREST NM 93 11 14).

- NM 1571/93. HH100/351/08 3.12.93 WK IN 494351N, 014225W IS IDENTIFIED AS FRENCH ARMED TRAWLER 'LE MERLE'. IT IS WELL CONSERVED. (P ENAULT, 15.11.93) HH351/530/02 14.9.94 AMEND TO WK 42MTRS IN 494351.5N, 014233W. (FR NM 34 26 94).

- NM 3335/94. 8.3.95 DEPTH OVER WK NOW 45MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 49MTRS. (FR WK RECORDS 1994 NO.14591179). BR STD. SEP 2015/000182665 30.9.15 SHOWN AS WK 45MTRS IN 4943.806N, 0142.637W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7092 [ED 4, COR TO 11.8.15]. AMEND TO NDW 45MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 43.806 N,1 42.637 W

 

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