Wreck: Le vieux tigre (Trawler)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Le vieux tigre, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 57.836 N,5 11.028 W (49.963933, -5.183800)
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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: LE VIEUX TIGRE
Length 39.8 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 3.5, tonnage 261 ton
Load: fish
Cause: ex-nylghau. built in 1908 by charlton & doughy ltd, grimsby. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 70 nhp, single shaft. passage boulogne for fishing and return. ran onto rocks under signal stn at bass point. no lives lost. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1935
Water depth above wreck: 7 meter
Known since: 1935, last detected: 1982
Details measurements/cartography: H3383/35 17.5.35 H3383/35 FRENCH TRAWLER, MAST SHOWING, IN 495743.8N, 051139.6W, OR 076.5DEGS, 6.66C FROM LIZARD LTHO, OR 149DEGS, 5.45C LANDEWEDNACK CH TR. THE WK IS NOT EASILY DISTINGUISHED AGAINST THE CLIFFS EXCEPT FROM THE DIRNS OF NE & SW WHEN THE MAST SHOWS CLEAR OF THE LAND. (HMS BEAUFORT, 17.5.35). CHART AS DW.
- NM. 16.12.69 16.12.69 REPD TO BE LOCATED IN 495748N, 051058W. IT IS DRIVEN UP A GULLEY & COMPLETELY SMASHED. (R DAVIS, SUB AQUA DIVER). BR STD. H1270/79 18.1.82 H1270/79 18.1.82 DELETED. (R DAVIS). R/P. POSN RETAINED FOR FILING ONLY. 27.5.82 27.5.82 REPD COMPLETELY BROKEN UP OVER WIDE AREA & MERGING WITH WK OF 'MOSEL' [WK NO.22607]. ONE BOILER STILL INTACT. STANDS 3MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 7.5MTRS. (BSAC WK REGISTER, VOL V).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 49 57.836 N,5 11.028 W
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