This is the information page about the shipwreck Moroe (or horde), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 55.941 N,4 2.084 W (48.915666666667, -4.2681666666667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: MOROE (OR HORDE)
Year of registration: 1976
Water depth above wreck: 80 meter
Known since: 1976, last detected: 2019
Details measurements/cartography: 26.8.77 SS 'MOROE' IN 485500N, 040200W [EUR], POSN DOUBTFUL. GEN DEPTH 80MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS DTD 18.10.76). 2.9.77 SHOWN AS NDW ON FRENCH 6680. BR STD. H1271/74 11.4.80 SHOWN AS NDW PD ON FRENCH 970. BR STD. 10.10.87 SHOWN AS NDW PD IN 485600N, 040200W [EUR] ON FRENCH 6680 [1986 EDN]. 6.11.92 NORWEGIAN SS 'MOROE' OR 'HORDE', FIRST RECORDED IN 1919, IN 485600N, 040200W [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 1M [=PA]. LOCATED ONCE SINCE SINKING. GEN DEPTH 80MTRS. SOURCE UNSPECIFIED. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1992). INS AS NDW PA. BR STD. 10.7.96 SHOWN AS NDW PD ON FRENCH 7151 [1995 EDN]. BR STD. SEP 2008/000055652 22.7.08 SHOWN AS WK USC PD 63MTRS IN 4855.941N, 0402.084W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7151 [3RD EDN 2008, 1:50,000, LARGEST SCALE]. BR STD. 26.2.09 SHOWN AS NDW PD ON FRENCH 6680 [3RD EDN 2003, CORRECT TO NM 42 29 08, 1:150,000, 2ND SCALE ADOPTION]. INS AS WK USC PD 63MTRS TO AGREE LARGER SCALE FRENCH 7151. NC 2647.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 48 55.941 N,4 2.084 W