This is the information page about the shipwreck M 343 (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 58.94 N,2 23.08 W (49.082333333333, -2.3431666666667)

 

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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. Amiable lucitte
2. Armande
3. Arnold maersk
4. Brockley combe
5. Conlea
6. Cornelia
7. Courier
8. Diament
9. Dora
10. Echo
11. Fink
12. Flamer
13. Forsward
14. Fremur
15. Gabrielle
16. Gulnare
17. Heron
18. Hms determinee (ex la determinee)
19. Kathleen
20. Kromwyk
21. L'ideal des mers
22. L'idefix
23. La houle
24. La josephine
25. Le squale
26. Louise
27. M 343 (possibly)
28. M 343 (probably)
29. M'as tu vu
30. Marie galante
31. Matelda
32. Megazan
33. Olway
34. Orphee
35. Peter paul
36. Petite anna
37. Prima
38. Princess ena
39. Ro 21
40. Rossgull
41. Sarcelle
42. Schokland
43. Seydlitz (possibly)
44. Silvonia
45. Skeldon
46. Soleil royal
47. Susan k
48. Swift
49. Uc 18
50. Uss pt 509
51. Venus
52. Wonder

 

Name: M 343 (POSSIBLY)

Length 62.2 meter, width: 8.5 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 543 ton

Cause: 14.6.44 damaged by gunfire from hms 'ashanti' and 'polish piorun' off brittany on 14.6.44. scuttled near st malo on 6.8.44. (german surface vessels, vol 1).

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 38 meter

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: H1285/76/183 20.5.76 'M 343', 750TONS DWT, SANK IN 485500N, 021800W ON 14.6.44. (MR TITTERINGTON, 17.5.76). NCA YET. 23.9.77 WK IN 485900N, 022300W. GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1976). 15.2.79 SHOWN AS NDW PA IN 485900N, 022300W [EUR] ON FRENCH 878. NE 2669. H1271/77 21.4.80 SHOWN AS WK USC 20MTRS [11FMS] ON FRENCH 878 & FRENCH 879. BR STD. 30.11.84 SHOWN AS DW PA ON FRENCH 6966 [1984 EDN]. BR STD. 18.8.87 STATED AS MINESWEEPER 'M 343'. USC 28MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS, NO.14582003). AMEND TO WK USC PA 28MTRS. BR STD. 18.10.90 WK HAS BEEN FOUND. DETAILS WILL BE FORWARDED. (MR TITTERINGTON, TELECON). 29.10.09 WGD POSN: 4858.940N, 0223.080W. NE 2669. 3.2.10 THE WK OF THE M 343 HAS BEEN CONFIRMED AS BEING ALMOST CERTAINLY RECORD [23448]. THIS AMENDED TO M 343 (POSSIBLY). (K THOMAS, EMAIL DTD 29.1.10). 5.2.10 STATED TONNAGE AMENDED TO 543 DISPLACEMENT. (WARSHIP LOSSES OF WW2).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: SEE ALSO [23448]

Position: 48 58.94 N,2 23.08 W

 

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