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 18.536 N,0 17.382 W (49.3089333, -0.2897)

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.

Name: Name nicht bekannt

Length 130 meter, width: 20 meter

Cause: Presumed to have been sunk, or scuttled, during operation overlord in 1944. scuttled to make part of artifical breakwater. (french wk records).

Year of registration: 1955

Water depth above wreck: 4 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1955, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: SHOWN AS DW IN 491840N, 001711W ON BA 1821, NO PREVIOUS WK RECORD FOUND. H2415/54 13.4.55 SHOWN AS ST IN 491840N, 001711W ON FR 891. LC 1821. H1131/55 22.11.56 AMEND TO DW IN 491840N, 001711W. (FRENCH NM 56 37 02).

- NM 2856/56. H449/63 15.7.66 MARKED BY G CON BUOY, E TOPMARK, CLOSE E. (PARIS NM 66 22 05). BR STD. H3898/82 1.10.84 BUOY NOW IN 491839N, 001658W. (BREST NM 84 34 22). NCA. 22.6.90 SHOWN AS DWP IN 491839.5N, 001713W MARKED BY E CARD SPAR BUOY IN 491838N, 001657W ON FRENCH 6927 [1985 EDN]. UNKNOWN IN 491839.9N, 001712.2W [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 100MTRS. LEAST DEPTH UNKNOWN IN GEN DEPTH 4MTRS. ORIGINAL DIMENSIONS: LENGTH 130MTRS, BEAM 20MTRS. ORIENTATION 045/225DEGS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987, NO.14590519). SHOWN AS WK IN 491839.9N, 001712.2W MARKED BY E CARD SPAR BUOY CLOSE E ON NC 2613. HH351/352/01 16.8.90 WK 0.6MTRS IN 491835.5N, 001718W. (BREST NM 90 23 21). 29.11.93 WK 0.6MTRS IN 491835.5N, 001718W. (FRENCH WK RECORDS, NO.14590519). 5.5.94 SHOWN AS WK 0.6MTRS IN 491835.5N, 001718W [EUR] ON FRENCH 6927 [1994 EDN]. NC 2136. 5.2.13 [WGD] POSN: 4918.536N, 0017.382W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 18.536 N,0 17.382 W

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