This is the information page about the shipwreck Lert, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 24.14 N,5 9.79 W (48.399083333333, -5.3334666666667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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.
Name: LERT
Length 50.6 meter, width: 8.5 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 395 ton
Load: metal: concentrate and products
Cause: 24.12.79 passage aviles for newport. sank, off brest, when cargo shifted in rough weather and punctured hull. (ll, 21 & 24.12.79 ).
Year of registration: 1979
Water depth above wreck: 88 meter
Known since: 1979, last detected: 2021
Details measurements/cartography: H3464/70 4.1.80 SANK ABOUT 4M SW OF USHANT. (LL, 24.12.79). 16.10.84 COASTER 'LERT' IN 482412N, 050940W [EUR]. GEN DEPTH 88MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1984, NO.14585154). H1271/85 7.8.86 SHOWN AS WK USC PD 70MTRS IN 482410N, 050948W [EUR] ON FRENCH 5287 [1986 EDN], WK USC 70MTRS ON FRENCH 6680 & FRENCH 6989 [SMALLER SCALE 1:150,000]. STATED AS DANISH COASTER 'LERT' IN 482412N, 050942W [EUR] WITH USC 70MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 88MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1985). INS AS WK USC PA 70MTRS IN 482412N, 050942W. BR STD. 4.2.94 SHOWN AS WK USC PD 70MTRS IN 482412N, 050942W [EUR] ON NE 2694 [1994 EDN]. 5.3.09 SHOWN AS WK USC 70MTRS IN 4824.140N, 0509.790W [WGD] ON FRENCH 6680 [3RD EDN 2003, CORRECT TO NM 42 29 08, 1:150,000, 2RD SCALE ADOPTION]. SHOWN AS WK USC PA 70MTRS ON FRENCH 7123 [3RD EDN 2008, 1:20,000, LARGEST SCALE]. INS AS WK USC PA 70MTRS. NC 2647.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 48 24.14 N,5 9.79 W