This is the information page about the shipwreck Merle, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 48.221 N,5 12.494 W (49.803683, -5.208233)

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: MERLE

Length 40.6 meter, width: 7.7 meter, draught: 4.4, tonnage 315 ton
Load: wood: unprocessed and products,timber

Cause: built of iron in 1863 by westwood, london. owned at time of loss by p l moller, mandal. passage mexico for falmouth. sank following collision with french ss dahra during a storm. 1 man lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 83 meter, Height above seabed: 30 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2006

Details measurements/cartography: HH090/430/01 13.7.89 WK EXAM'D 1.12.88 IN 494811N, 051226W [OGB] USING HYPER-FIX [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 78 IN GEN DEPTH 83MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH - VERTICAL HT 5.1MTRS, SHADOW HT 5.7MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.0MTRS. SMALL, WELL DEFINED AND APPARENTLY INTACT WK. LENGTH 47MTRS, BEAM 9MTRS. LIES 030/210DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 430). CHART AS WK 78.0MTRS. BR STD. 28.6.06 DIVED 25.6.06. A SMALL, STEEL HULLED SV. APPROX 100FT LONG, LYING UPRIGHT. 9 INCH BELL RECOVERED WHICH WHEN CLEANED REVEALED THE NAME MERLE 1863. (G POUND, TELECONS 26.6.06 & 28.6.06). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, WELL DEFINED, UPRIGHT

Position: 49 48.221 N,5 12.494 W

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