This is the information page about the shipwreck Meknes, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 11.425 N,2 13.738 W (50.190417, -2.228967)

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.

Name: MEKNES

Length 126.2 meter, width: 16.8 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 6127 ton

Cause: ex-puerto rico. built in 1913 by chantier et ateliers de st nazaire, st naziare. two triple expansion engines with lp turbines. passage southampton for marseilles. torpedoed by e boat although fully illuminated and carrying french colours. was carrying french naval personnel who were being repatriated following the capitulation of france. 33 crew and 402 passengers lost. (sibi, dods & lloyds war losses).

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 57 meter, Height above seabed: 110 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 1993

Details measurements/cartography: H1001/40 10.1.41 H1001/40 10.1.41 POSN 500410N, 021430W. (DSNE). 500400N, 021400W. (WW2SL). 501500N, 021000W. (LLOYDS WAR LOSSES). 11.2.60 11.2.60 SONAR CONTACT IN 501130N, 021342W, APPROX. OIL SEEN. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH, 22.3.45). H3504/51 11.2.60 H3504/51 11.2.60 VERY OLD DISINTEGRATING WK FOUND IN 501142N, 021300W. LENGTH 340FT, HEIGHT 42FT. LIES 280/100DEGS. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH, 24.7.51). H2291/64 18.5.65 H2291/64 18.5.65 EXAM'D IN 501125N, 021345W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 148 IN GEN DEPTH 184FT. NO SCOUR. (HMS SCOTT, 10.5.64). 18.1.80 18.1.80 SHOWN AS WK PA 44MTRS ON FR 878 [NE DEC 79]. NCA. H- 1.8.85 1.8.85 DIVED. WELL DISINTEGRATED WK ABOUT 250FT LONG. POSSIBLY NAVAL VESSEL. HAD TWO HIGH-SPEED PROPELLERS. (GIBSON, TELECON). 14.10.86 14.10.86 DIVED ON 17.7.86 IN GEN DEPTH 61MTRS. WK WELL BROKEN UP. POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED BY DINNER PLATES, WHICH BEAR NAME AND CREST OF SHIPPING CO, AS THE MEKNES. ALSO BY OVAL-SHAPED PORTHOLES. (M SKELSEY). HH090/533/01 27.5.93 HH090/533/01 27.5.93 EXAM'D 21.2.93 IN 501125.5N, 021344.3W [WGD] USING HYPERFIX [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 49.0 IN GEN DEPTH 57MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.5MTR. DCS3 HT 7.5MTRS. LENGTH 140MTRS, WIDTH 45MTRS. LIES 110/290DEGS. WELL BROKEN UP. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 533).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP

Position: 50 11.425 N,2 13.738 W

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