This is the information page about the shipwreck Name nicht bekannt, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 37.544 N,2 24.155 W (50.39495, -2.4067166666667)

 

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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.

 

1. Addarwa
2. Aeneas (probably)
3. Aeolian sky
4. Alex van opstal
5. Amy
6. Apache
7. Athen
8. Barryman
9. Binnendijk
10. Black hawk (aft section)
11. Black hawk (fwd section)
12. Britannia (possibly)
13. British inventor (bow section)
14. Countess of erne
15. Earl of abergavenny
16. Elena r
17. Enecuri
18. Ethel (probably)
19. Evertsen
20. Forester (& pontoon)
21. Franziska
22. Frogner ?
23. Grane
24. Gripfast
25. Hartlepool (part of)
26. Hartlepool (part of)
27. Himalaya
28. Hms arfon
29. Hms buccaneer
30. Hms fisgard ii
31. Hms golden sunset (possibly)
32. Hms james fennel
33. Hms kingston cairngorm (possibly)
34. Hms landrail (probably)
35. Hms warrior ii
36. Hmsm a3
37. Hmsm l24
38. Hmsm m2
39. Hmsm p555
40. Hmsm sidon
41. Inisinver
42. Iolanthe
43. Juvenile delinquent
44. Longsand
45. Mallard (possibly)
46. Marie therese
47. Martha
48. Merchant royal
49. Neree (possibly)
50. Neree (probably)
51. Onward (probably)
52. Orne (possibly)
53. Pas (c.182)
54. Pitchipoy (possibly)
55. Pomeranian
56. Rowella
57. Royal adelaide
58. Saratoga
59. Scaldis
60. St dunstan
61. Stancrest
62. Sudon (possibly)
63. Terrapin
64. Thera (possibly)
65. Tracy
66. U 322 (possibly)
67. Ub 74
68. Valdes (probably)

 

Name: Name nicht bekannt

Length 61 meter, width: 7.6 meter, tonnage 2000 ton

Cause: bombardons were steel structures designed and built to form part of a floating breakwater for use in conjunction with the mulberry harbours used during the invasion of france in 1944.

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 13 meter, Height above seabed: 100 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: H4982/44 27.12.44 SUNKEN BOMBARDON. LEAST DEPTH 15FT IN 503728N, 022405W [OGB], OR 152DEGS, 5.4M FROM REDCLIFFE POINT. (DOCKYARD PORTLAND, 1.12.44). CHART AS WK 4.6MTRS.

- NM 2895/44. H2928/83 24.2.88 EXAM'D 3.10.86 IN 503730N, 022405W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 5.5 IN GEN DEPTH 12.5-13MTRS. SCOUR 0.5-1MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 6MTRS. DIVERS DESCRIBE AS TANGLED NETWORK OF ANGLE IRON AND PLATE. RECOMMEND RETAIN CHARTED DEPTH IN NEW POSN. (HMS GLEANER, HI 207). BR STD. HH3846/86/2 27.11.91 EXAM'D 14.6.91 IN 503730.7N, 022404.9W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 8.4 IN GEN DEPTH 12.5MTRS. WRECKAGE OF TWO BOMBARDONS, LYING SIDE BY SIDE. ONE INTACT AND THE OTHER EXTENSIVELY DESTROYED. RECOMMEND RETAIN AS CHARTED. (HMS GLEANER, HI, 367). NCA. HH091/217/01 - SEP 2009/000158351 2.1.09 EXAM'D 31.3.09 IN 5037.5437N, 0224.155W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.46 IN GEN DEPTH 13.3MTRS. SCOUR 0.2MTRS CLOSE TO CONTACT. LENGTH 29.73MTRS, WIDTH 4.61MTRS, HT 1.8MTRS. LIES 100/280 DEGS. LARGELY INTACT ALTHOUGH MANY LARGE HOLES ARE APPEARING. SMALL CONTACTS TO SE MAY BE RELATED TO MAIN ITEM. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1217). AMEND WK 12.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 6463/09. HH091/154/01 31.12.09 LOCATED ?2008 IN 5037.545N, 0224.168W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.28 IN GEN DEPTH 12.8MTRS. SCOUR 0.7MTR DEEP. LENGTH 38MTRS, WIDTH 9.20MTRS, HT 1.2MTRS. LIES 097/277 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1154). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ONLY ONE EVIDENT, INTACT, HOLES APPEARING

Position: 50 37.544 N,2 24.155 W

 

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