This is the information page about the shipwreck Marie galante, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 9.321 N,2 13.329 W (49.082333333333, -2.3431666666667)
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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: MARIE GALANTE
Length 17 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 3.2, tonnage 69 ton
Cause: struck la norimontaise rock, off corbiere, when returning from fishing. sank whilst under tow by another trawler.
Year of registration: 1998
Water depth above wreck: 19 meter, Height above seabed: 160 cm
Known since: 1998, last detected: 2016
Details measurements/cartography: HH256/400/02 29.9.98 HH2SANK IN 490918N, 021312W [EUR]. (AVURNAV 178/98). NCA YET. HH256/400/03 22.10.98 DW PD IN 490918N, 021312W [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 98 41 21).
- NM 4329/98. HH256/400/04 1.3.04 LIES IN 4909.39N, 0213.26W [EUR]. POSN CONFIRMED BY GUERNSEY MARINE SALVAGE CO ON 7.5.99. AT THAT TIME GANTRY STOOD ABOUT 6MTRS ABOVE SEABED WITH PARTS OF THE WHEELHOUSE HAVING BEEN POUNDED BY THE WINTER SWELLS. (P MIMMACK, A/HM, JERSEY HARBOURS, EMAIL DTD 26.2.04). AMEND TO DW IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 16.2.06 [WGD] POSN: 4909.330N, 0213.340W. NE 1137 [3RD EDN, MAY' 04]. SEP 2016/000096769 23.3.17 EXAM'D BY BDC; WRECK LOCATED IN 4909.321N, 0213.329W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 17.40MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 19MTRS. LENGTH 13.81MTRS, WIDTH 7.62MTRS, HEIGHT 2.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 160/340 DEGS. WRECK APPEARS TO BE SAT UPRIGHT AMONGST A ROCK OUTCROP. NFS. (HMSML GLEANER, SNT 01/16). AMEND DW 17.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: NFS
Position: 49 9.321 N,2 13.329 W