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 49 26.544 N,1 8.52 W (49.4349, -1.061)
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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: Name nicht bekannt
Year of registration: 1948
Water depth above wreck: 8 meter
Known since: 1948, last detected: 2017
Details measurements/cartography: H4298/48 23.6.48 ST IN 492635N, 010843W. (PARIS NM 22/1990/48). NOTE. H2418/54 27.7.54 ST SHOWN IN 492636N, 010845W ON FRENCH 847. LC 2073. H4984/74 25.10.79 TO BE DELETED. (BREST NM 79 17 34 & FRENCH 847). R/P. H1310/84/13 18.4.84 DIVED ON IN 1983. STERN HALF OF WHAT WAS APPARENTLY AN AMERICAN HOSPITAL SHIP, RISING FIRMLY OUT OF THE SEABED. COMPASS REPEATER, MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS, OF AMERICAN ORIGIN & 40MM BOFOR SHELLS FOUND. FOREPART MISSING - PERHAPS REMOVED BY ITALIAN SCRAP DIVERS IN 1955. (J COULON, 24.3.84). INFORM FRENCH AUTHORITIES. H1310/88 9.3.88 WRECKAGE OF LARGE AMERICAN VESSEL, WITH AN INTACT LANDING BARGE ALONGSIDE FIXED BY TORAN. MOSTLY STANDS ABOUT 1MTR ABOVE SEABED, BUT ONE BULKHEAD RISES TO ABOUT 4MTRS. (J COULON, 20.12.87). PLOTS IN 492628N, 010842W. NCA. H2340/87 14.7.88 WK, LEAST DEPTH LESS THAN 20MTRS, IN 492636N, 010827W. (FR NM 88 24 22). CHART AS DW.
- NM 2424/88. 4.5.90 WK, LEAST DEPTH LESS THAN 20MTRS, IN 492636N, 010826.5W [EUR] POSN ACCURACY 100MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 8MTRS. FIXED BY TORAN. (FR WK RECORDS NO.14591074 [CORR TO JAN 1990]). NC 2613. [WGD] POSN: 4926.544N, 0108.520W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: STERN SECTION
Position: 49 26.544 N,1 8.52 W