This is the information page about the shipwreck Merida, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 32.89 N,1 33.583 E (50.7460167, 1.54795)

 

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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. Aiglon
2. Amandine
3. Argo
4. Belford
5. Blanc nez
6. Cachalot
7. Dotterel
8. Eustratios (probably)
9. Evolution
10. Express
11. Gladys
12. Harmatris
13. Hippocampe (?hypocampe)
14. Iltis (possibly)
15. Ines
16. L'intrepide
17. Le tregor
18. Les aulnays
19. Loic
20. Lorraine
21. Maid marion
22. Marie-ange loic
23. Mercator
24. Merida
25. Moise
26. Moorside (probably)
27. Nicolaw
28. Ophelie
29. Petit antoine
30. Rhea
31. Rochester castle (possibly)
32. Saint benoit labre
33. Sainte marie de la mer
34. Sultana
35. Tusnastabb (possibly)
36. U 93 (probably)
37. Uc 63
38. Vent arriere
39. Virgo sancta

 

Name: MERIDA

Length 128.1 meter, width: 16.6 meter, draught: 8.8, tonnage 5951 ton
Load: grain

Cause: Vessel, built 1918 by armstrong, whitworth & co., was wrecked off le touquet whilst en-route from baltimore to le havre & dinkirk. owned at time of loss by c t bowring & co. (dods).

Year of registration: 1922

Water depth above wreck: 0 meter

Known since: 1922, last detected: 2016

Details measurements/cartography: H2961/22 18.5.22 WK PA SHOWN IN 503254N, 013314E ON FR WK CHART 10101. CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL] PA. SQ. DATE. H603/28 25.1.28 NOW CHARTED AS ST, MARKED BY G CONL BUOY. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NES 2612, 2148 & 1431. H5239/32 25.7.32 WK & BUOY TO BE EXPUNGED. (PARIS NM 28/1458). DELETED.

- NM 1234/32. H4183/34 4.7.34 ST IN 503258N, 013335E. (PARIS NM 24/1073).

- NM 1088/34. H6383/53 27.11.53 NOT SHOWN ON FR 5094. DELETED. NOTE. H4907/61 29.1.62 DW IN 503252N, 013338E. (PARIS NM 61 38 06). R/S. H4984/74 11.10.77 PROVISIONALLY BUOYED BY W CARD BUOY ON SHORT TRIAL. (CHERBOURG AVIS NO.87 DTD 29.8.77). H4791/77 16.11.77 SHOWN AS ST ON FR 5526 [JUN '77 EDN]. W CARD BUOY ESTABLISHED CLOSE W. (BREST NM 77 44 24). R/S. [OGB] POSN: 503246N, 013340E. 26.9.80 ST DRIES 0.1MTRS SHOWN IN 503256N, 013440E [EUR], MARKED BY W CARD BUOY CLOSE W, ON FR 6795 [1979 EDN]. NE 2451. [OGB] POSN: 503251N, 013441E. 17.1.90 'MERIDA', LENGTH 128MTRS, BEAM 17MTRS IN 503256N, 013338.5E [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 20MTRS. DRIES 0.1MTRS. HT ABOVE SEABED 0.8MTRS. INVESTIGATED BY E/S & SONAR. (FR WK RECORDS 1988 NO.21601099). SHOWN AS ST DRIES 0.1MTRS, MARKED BY W CARD PILLAR BUOY ON FR 6795 [2ND EDN 1988], DELETED FROM FR 6824 [2ND EDN 1989] - STS. CHART AS ST DRIES 0.1MTRS IN 503251N, 013341E [OGB] MARKED BY BUOY. NC 2451. 30.12.99 NOT SHOWN ON NE 2451. EXISTING SCALES TOO SMALL.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 32.89 N,1 33.583 E

 

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