This is the information page about the shipwreck Michel, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 46 5.94 N,1 25.27 W (46.139016666667, -1.2620333333333)

 

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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: MICHEL

Length 79.2 meter, width: 11.2 meter, draught: 7.1, tonnage 1773 ton

Cause: vessel, built 1881 by r thompson & sons, struck a mine & sank in the bay of biscay. owned at the time of loss by worms & cie. (dods). sank while on passage from newport to bordeaux. (ll ww1).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 17 meter

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2022

Details measurements/cartography: H5619/17 29.9.1 SUNK IN 460600N, 012518W. LEAST DEPTH 1FM. MARKED BY BUOY. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).

- NM 1011/17. H1302/19 4.1.19 ABOVE CONFIRMED. (PARIS NM). H354/25 29.5.25 DELETE. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).

- NM 958/25. H2722/82 26.10.82 DW IN 460600N, 012531W. (FRENCH NM 82 41 11).

- NM 2886/82. 20.3.90 'MICHEL' IN 460559.8N, 012529.3W [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 20MTRS. DW IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1988, NO.14561064). HH353/520/03 28.9.98 NOW WK 17MTRS IN 460603N, 012524W [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 98 37 16).

- NM 3959/98. 24.10.02 SHOWN IN 4605.982N, 0125.491W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7405 [1ST EDN 2001, 1:50,000, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NC 3000. SEP 2009/000117388 24.9.09 SHOWN AS WK 16.3MTRS ON FRENCH 6990 [EDN 3 DTD 2009, 1:350,000]. BR STD. SEP 2015/000215750 13.11.15 SHOWN AS WK 16.3MTRS IN 4605.991N, 0125.468N [WGD] ON FR474040. [ED1.0, DTD 31.8.15]. MOVE TO REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 46 5.94 N,1 25.27 W

 

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