This is the information page about the shipwreck Nann smith, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 47 30.54 N,3 13.663 W (47.724433333333, -3.3529666666667)
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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: NANN SMITH
Length 84.4 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 2093 ton
Load: ore
Cause: vessel, built 1907 by newport news sb & dd co, struck a mine & sank off ushant. owned at the time of loss by e b aaby. (dods). sank between belle ile & ile de groix while on passage from bilbao to newport. (ll ww1).
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 21 meter
Known since: 1917, last detected: 2019
Details measurements/cartography: SANK OFF USHANT. (WW1 SL). SANK NEAR ILE DE GROIX. (SCANDINAVIAN WAR LOSSES). H7343/17 POSN 473000N, 031250W APPROX. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NCA. H4879/84 15.4.85 DW IN 472930N, 031300W APPROX. (BREST NM 85 10 33). CHART AS DW PA IN 472930N, 031300W.
- NM 1129/85. 31.8.88 SHOWN AS DW PD ON FR 7067 [1987 EDN]. 1.9.88 WK, CLEARANCE UNKNOWN BUT UNDER 20MTRS, IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS. POSN ACCURACY 1M [=PA]. EXISTANCE CONFIRMED BY AMATEUR DIVERS. (FR WK RECORDS 1987, NO.14573207). HH353/351/01 4.4.90 DELETE. (BREST NM 90 09 26). DELETE. G/S. 19.8.91 LOCATED 20.12.89 IN 473036N, 031335W [EUR] USING TRIDENT. LEAST DEPTH 17.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS BY E/S. (FR WK RECORDS 1991, NO.14573207). NCA YET, PLOTS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO CHARTED 15MTRS SOUNDING. 27.7.93 SHOWN AS WK 17.5MTRS ON FR 6990 [1992 EDN][SCALE 1:355000]. NCA. SEE ABOVE. 16.9.93 SHOWN AS WK 17.5MTRS ON FR 6989 [1992 EDN][SCALE 1:345000]. COVERED BY 15MTRS SOUNDING CLOSE W. 5.9.01 SHOWN AS WK 17.5MTRS IN 4730.600N, 0313.583W [EUR] ON BA 2822 [2000 EDN], ADOPTION OF FR 7032 [1996 EDN].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 47 30.54 N,3 13.663 W