Wreck: Name nicht bekannt
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 18.589 N,0 16.65 W (49.3098167, -0.2775)
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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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Shipwreck details
Name: Name nicht bekannt
Length 100 meter, width: 25 meter
Cause: Scuttled to create part of artifical breakwater. (french wk records).
Year of registration: 1955
Water depth above wreck: 5 meter, Height above seabed: 75 cm
Known since: 1955, last detected: 2021
Details measurements/cartography: SHOWN AS DW IN 491840N, 001638W ON BA 1821, NO PREVIOUS RECORD FOUND. H2415/54 13.4.55 SHOWN AS ST IN 491840N, 001638W ON FRENCH 891. LC 1821. H1131/55 22.11.56 AMEND TO DW IN 491840N, 001638W. (FRENCH NM 56 37 02).
- NM 2856/56. 22.6.90 SHOWN AS DWP IN 491841N, 001627.5W ON FRENCH 6927 [1985 EDN]. UNKNOWN WK IN 491841.4N, 001627.4W [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 100MTRS. LEAST DEPTH UNKNOWN IN GEN DEPTH 5MTRS. ORIGINAL DIMENSIONS: LENGTH 100MTRS, BEAM 25MTRS. ORIENTATION 075/255DEGS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987, NO.14590515). COVERED BY LEGEND 'WKS' AND EXTENDED DANGER LINE CLOSE W ON NC 2613. 12.2.92 EXAM'D 1991 IN 491838.5N, 001634W. POSN ACCURACY 20MTRS. LEAST DEPTH 2.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 5MTRS BY E/S. GAVE MAGNETIC RESPONSE. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1991, NO.14590515). NCA. 5.5.94 SHOWN ON FRENCH 6927 [1994 EDN]. NC 2136. 9.11.01 SHOWN AS WKS 2.8MTRS IN 4918.642N, 0016.567W [EUR], WITH DANGER LINE EXTENDED 250MTRS S TO ENCLOSE WK 3MTRS [WK RECORD 23852], ON FRENCH 7418 [1997 EDN]. SHOWN ON BA 2146 [1999 EDN, ADOPTION]. 5.2.13 [WGD] POSN: 4918.589N, 0016.650W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 49 18.589 N,0 16.65 W
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