This is the information page about the shipwreck M 343 (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 1.244 N,2 15.26 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. Amelia de llano
2. Amiable lucitte
3. Antoxo
4. Armande
5. Arnold maersk
6. Aviemore
7. Balance
8. Barunga
9. Beaverburn
10. Beaverburn (probably)
11. Bel espoir
12. Brockley combe
13. Ciscar
14. Commerce
15. Conlea
16. Cote ouest
17. Courier
18. Cuo
19. Diament
20. Dora
21. Dromore
22. Echo
23. Fink
24. Flamer
25. Francis
26. Gabrielle
27. Gulnare
28. Heron
29. Hinrich hey
30. Hms determinee (ex la determinee)
31. Hms rapid
32. Hms severn
33. James
34. Kathleen
35. Kromwyk
36. L'idefix
37. La blainvillaise
38. La josephine
39. La mauve
40. Le cap
41. Le squale
42. Leastilien
43. Lili joli
44. Louise
45. Lynwood
46. M 343 (possibly)
47. M 343 (probably)
48. M'as tu vu
49. Marie galante
50. Matelda
51. Megazan
52. Molares alvarez
53. Nathan jerome
54. Normandy
55. Olivegrove
56. Olway
57. Orphee
58. Pap 1
59. Pap 2
60. Pap 3
61. Peter paul
62. Petite anna
63. Prima
64. Princess ena
65. Prisci-va
66. Ribbledale
67. Rossgull
68. Sarcelle
69. Sarmatia
70. Schelde
71. Schokland
72. Silvonia
73. Sneaton
74. Storesand
75. Sultan star
76. Susan k
77. Swift
78. Switha
79. Uss pt 509
80. Venus
81. Voorwaarts
82. Walter d'are
83. Wonder

 

Name: M 343 (PROBABLY)

Length 62.5 meter, width: 8.5 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 543 ton

Cause: 14.6.44 m343 german minesweeper damaged by gunfire from hms ashanti and polish destroyer piorun off brittany 14.6.44. scuttled off st malo 6.8.44. (german surface vessels).

Year of registration: 1990

Water depth above wreck: 29 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1990, last detected: 2004

Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/03 5.11.90 LOCATED USING MAGNETOMETER APPROX 1M N OF GRUNE DU NORD OUEST. THOUGHT TO BE M 343. HAS SQUARE STERN, 2 COAL FIRED BOILERS, 2CM VIERINGSFLACK. ALL BROKEN FORWARD OF ENGINE ROOM EXCEPT FOR 20FT BOW SECTION WHICH IS INTACT AND LYING ON PORT SIDE. HAS THE REMAINS OF AN ACOUSTIC MINE SWEEP ON BOW. ALL BRIDGE AND DECK FORWARD OF ENGINE ROOM SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN BLOWN AWAY BY A MASSIVE EXPLOSION. SECTION AFT OF ENGINE ROOM IS UPRIGHT. LIES APPROX S/N WITH STERN S. (T A TITTERINGTON, 24.10.90). [FRENCH WK NO.14592030 REFERS]. INS AS DW PA IN 490100N, 021430W.

- NM 3298/90. HH100/351/22 E22 12.1.05 DIVED IN 4901.244N, 0215.260W [WGD] USING GPS. STANDS 4MTRS HIGH BY E/S AND DEPTH GAUGE. IN TWO HALVES WITH BOWS N AND STERN S. BOWS LIE ON PORT SIDE ABOUT 10MTRS AWAY FROM STERN SECTION, ANCHOR LIES BY BOWS. STERN SECTION IS UPRIGHT AND MOSTLY COMPLETE. WK IS BROKEN MIDSHIPS AND BOILER STANDS PROUD OF THE SEABED. TWO IRON PROPS STILL IN PLACE. 88MM GUN LIES ON SEABED BY THE PORT SIDE OF THE STERN SECTION. A TORPEDO LIES ON THE SEABED OFF THE PORT SIDE OF THE STERN SECTION. CINC REQUESTED. (M ROWLEY, MV MAUREEN CHARTERS. EMAIL DTD 26.6.04). AMEND WK 23MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2008/000048875 9.9.08 SHOWN AS WK USC PA 15MTRS IN 4900.942N, 0214.555W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7076 [1ST EDN 2008, 1:350,000]. STILL SHOWN AS DWPA ON BA 3656 [5TH EDN MAY '05] BUT CORRECTLY AS WK 23MTRS IN M ROWLEY'S POSN ON BA 2669 [7TH EDN DEC '05]. NCA. 4.2.10 4.2.10 DIVED IN 4901.241N, 0215.262W [WGD], DATE UNKNOWN. BELIEVE THIS TO BE THE M 343 BECAUSE OF ARMAMENT ETC. (K THOMAS, EMAIL DTD 29.1.10). RETAIN AS M 343 (PROBABLY), SEE ALSO [25813]. NCA. 14.7.10 14.7.10 CINC REMOVED, MORE THAN 5 YEARS. 14.7.10 14.7.10 WK IS PARTLY BROKEN, BUT MUCH OF WK REMAINS, INCLUDING TORPEDO TUBES & MAIN GUN. (DIVER MAGAZINE, AUG '10) SEP 2021/000275529 21.3.22 WK(PA) USC 15MTRS SHOWN IN 4900.929N, 0214.631W [WGD]. (FR NMBLK 40/40/21 F.472). NCA RETAIN AS DW WK 23MTRS IN 4901.244N, 0215.260W [WGD] (SEE HH100/351/21 dd 8.7.04 ABOVE).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: TWO PARTS, BOWS N ON PORT SIDE, STERN UPRIGHT, HT BY DIVER

Position: 49 1.244 N,2 15.26 W

 

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