This is the information page about the shipwreck Mers du sud, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 0.342 N,4 45.085 W (48.304416666667, -4.8459166666667)

 

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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.

 

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Name: MERS DU SUD

Year of registration: 1979

Water depth above wreck: 23 meter

Known since: 1979, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H3795/74 25.4.79 DW PA REPD IN 480054N, 044536W. (BREST NM 79 13 23).

- NM 1139/79. H3795/74 4.10.79 LOCATED IN 480019N, 044501W. (BREST NM 79 36 32).

- NM 2689/79. H1271/83 20.2.84 SHOWN AS DW PA IN 480024N, 044500W ON FRENCH 6099 [1983 EDN]. BR STD. 21.2.84 WK OF TRAWLER/DRIFTER 'MERS DU SUD' IN APPROX 480024N, 044500W [EUR]. GEN DEPTH 23MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1983, NO.14584228). 5.5.88 WK POSN IN ACCURACY 1M [=PA]. CLEARANCE UNDER 20MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987, NO.14584228). 13.3.89 SHOWN AS DW PD ON FRENCH 7147 [1988 EDN]. NCA. 17.5.00 SHOWN AS DW PD ON FRENCH 7423 [1999 EDN, LARGEST SCALE 1:20,000] & FRENCH 7147 [1988 EDN]. NC 2819. 22.11.08 SHOWN IN 4800.342N, 0445.085W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7423 [2ND EDN 2008, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 2348.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 48 0.342 N,4 45.085 W

 

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