This is the information page about the shipwreck Marguerite (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 35.115 N,2 58.727 W (50.302916666667, -3.1211333333333)

 

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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. 20
2. Ailsa craig (probably)
3. Aleyna
4. Algarve
5. Angelena bm 271
6. Avalanche
7. Bamse (probably)
8. Baygitano
9. Bayonne
10. Berar
11. Bokn (possibly)
12. Boma
13. Borgund i (possibly)
14. Broomhill (probably)
15. Chateau yqem
16. Chorley
17. City of swansea (probably)
18. Gefion
19. General leman (possibly)
20. Gibel-hamam
21. Gorizia
22. Grane
23. Greleen
24. Greta c
25. Heroine (probably)
26. Hms bittern
27. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
28. Hms boadicea
29. Hms buccaneer
30. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
31. Hms harstad
32. Hms hickory
33. Hms lord hailsham
34. Hms manor
35. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
36. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
37. Hms remindo (possibly)
38. Isbjorn
39. Karen marie (probably)
40. Kongshaug (probably)
41. L h carl
42. Lct 381
43. Lord stewart
44. Lst 507 (bow section)
45. Lst 507 (stern section)
46. Lst 531
47. Lucinda (possibly)
48. Majorca
49. Marguerite (possibly)
50. Marie des isles
51. Minerva (probably)
52. Modavia
53. Moidart
54. Nil desperandum (probably)
55. Nyasaland
56. Ocean vagabond
57. Pergo
58. Pomella
59. Pomeranian
60. Radaas (probably)
61. Reggestroom (probably)
62. Renilde
63. Romsdalen (probably)
64. Rosten (possibly)
65. Rotorua
66. Salsette ii
67. Sparkling foam (possibly)
68. St dunstan
69. Tandil (probably)
70. Tracy
71. Trito
72. Ull (probably)
73. Ursa (probably)
74. W h dwyer
75. Westergate (probably)

 

Name: MARGUERITE (POSSIBLY)

Length 79.2 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1544 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1912 by osbourne, graham & co. owned at the time of loss by f bouet. passage rouen for swansea. torpedoed by german submarine. (ww1sl, ll ww1 & dods).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 30 meter, Height above seabed: 161 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2015

Details measurements/cartography: 1918 SUNK ABOUT 8M SSW OF BEER HEAD. (SNO ONYX, DOCKET M06694). 19.2.18 SUNK 7 TO 8M TO NNE OF BEER HEAD. (DOCKET M8569). 21.2.18 SUNK IN APPROX 503500N, 025900W. (APO, DOCKET M06749). POSN 503504N, 025842W ACCEPTED. 26.1.45 SONAR CONTACT IN 503612N, 025830W. (C-IN-C PLYMOUTH). 26.2.45 GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 503530N, 025812W. LENGTH 180FT, BREADTH 70FT, HEIGHT 28FT. (AUBD 303/4, 26TH ESCORT GROUP). H3971/52 3.7.52 EXAM'D 26.6.52 IN 503504N, 025842W USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 12FMS, FOUL AT 13FMS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 82 IN GEN DEPTH 16FMS. SEA BED. FINE SAND OVER CHALK. LIES N/S, LENGTH 200FT. WK LIST REFERS TO THIS WK AS THE COMMANDER BUT SONAR RESPONSE INDICATES A MUCH LARGER VESSEL. (SCES, REPORT DTD 14.12.52, HMS SCOTT SURVEY [E9419]). CHART AS WK 12FMS [21.5MTRS]. BR STD. 23.9.70 SALVAGE WORK BEING CARRIED OUT ON THIS WK. (NERC). NCA. H1270/72 16.5.72 THIS WK FOUND TO BE AN ALMOST INTACT STEAM COASTER & THEREFORE NOT THE 'COMMANDER'. IT IS ABOUT 150 TO 200FT LONG WITH BRIDGE AFT. MASTS HAVE FALLEN. WK STANDS 20 TO 30FT HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 110 TO 115FT. HAS AN IRON PROPELLER. GIVES GOOD SONAR RESPONSE. (NERC, DTD 16.5.72). POSSIBLY THE 'MARGUERITE'. NCA. H5982/82 18.1.83 WK IN 503503N, 025840W USING DECCA. (KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)1, 1982). NCA. H2923/83 3.1.85 EXAM'D 30.6.84 IN 503506N, 025839W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 23.0, FOUL AT 23.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.4 IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.5MTRS, LENGTH ABOUT 100MTRS, WIDTH 42MTRS. MUCH BROKEN UP WITH WRECKAGE SCATTERED OVER SEABED AND ORIENTATED 175/355DEGS. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 202). AMEND TO SW 23MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 16.3.94 LIES BADLY SMASHED IN 30MTRS AND STANDS ABOUT 9MTRS ABOVE SEABED. (DIVE DORSET). NCA.POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE [WGD] POSN: 5035.134N, 0258.726W. SEP 2015/000019320 8.7.15 EXAM'D 10.3.15 LEAST M/B DEPTH 25.32MTRS IN 5035.115N, 0258.727W [WGD], GEN DEPTHS 30MTRS. LENGTH 89.2MTRS, WIDTH 29.3MTRS, HEIGHT 4.5MTRS. ORIENTATION 161/341 DEGS. VERY BROKEN UP, MOSTLY BURIED. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1453). AMEND TO DW 25MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: VERY BROKEN UP, MOSTLY BURIED.

Position: 50 35.115 N,2 58.727 W

 

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