This is the information page about the shipwreck Merton hall, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 56.94 N,5 4.09 W (48.699, -5.1015)

 

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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: MERTON HALL

Length 121.9 meter, width: 14.3 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 4327 ton

Cause: vessel, built 1889 by palmers co. owned at time of loss by hall line. torpedoed by german submarine 30m n by e of ushant. 57 men, including the captain, were killed. (dods).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 101 meter

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: M8710 1918 POSN ABOUT 60M W OF BREST. M9322 22.2.18 POSN STATED AS 485800N, 050400W, ABOUT 29M OFF USHANT LIGHT. (HBM CONSUL, BREST). M9322 22.2.18 POSN 60M-70M OFF BREST. (I.D.S.A. W/T OPERATOR). M9586 23.2.18 POSN STATED AS 485800N, 050400W. (BOT). 21.9.72 SANK 30M N BY E OF USHANT. (DODS). GIVES POSN 485700N, 045912W APPROX. H1271/80 9.6.80 INS AS NDW IN 485700N, 050400W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. 10.8.87 SHOWN AS WK USC PD 70MTRS [38FMS] ON FRENCH 6680 [1986 EDN]. BR STD. 29.2.88 SHOWN AS WK USC PD 70MTRS ON FRENCH 7067 [1987EDN]. ALSO LISTED IN FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987 NO.14585049. NC 2644. 26.2.09 SHOWN IN 4856.940N, 0504.090W [WGD] ON FRENCH 6680 [3RD EDN 2003, CORRECT TO NM 42 29 08, 1:150,000, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NC 2647.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 48 56.94 N,5 4.09 W

 

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