This is the information page about the shipwreck Normandy, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 22.694 N,1 55.866 W (50.167166666667, -11.000666666667)
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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: NORMANDY
Length 33.5 meter, width: 5.4 meter, draught: 3.2, tonnage 204 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: built in 1863 by richardson, newcastle. owned at time of loss by the london & south western railway co. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 45hp, paddle propulsion. passage southampton for jersey. collided with ss mary in fog due to excessive speed. thirty four crew and passengers lost. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1964
Water depth above wreck: 44 meter, Height above seabed: 34 cm
Known since: 1964, last detected: 2003
Details measurements/cartography: H2291/64 19.5.65 NSC REPD IN 502244N, 015542W [OGB]. (HMS SCOTT, 1964). HH090/962/01 12.12.02 EXAM'D 5.7.02 IN 5022.694N, 0155.866W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 35.3 IN GEN DEPTH 44MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 45MTRS, WIDTH 14MTRS. DCS3 HT 8MTRS. LIES 034/214 DEGS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. BROKEN WK. NOT SWEPT DUE TO NETS BUT NETS NOT VISIBLE AT SLACK WATER. (GARDLINE, HI 962). INS AS WK 35MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/20 21.7.03 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. WK IS UPRIGHT BUT ONLY THE CENTRAL PART OF THE HULL INTACT. THIS CONTAINS THE MACHINERY AND CARRIES THE REMAINS OF THE PADDLE WHEELS. THE BOW AND STERN APPEAR TO HAVE BROKEN DOWN AND DISAPPEARED. SEABED GRAVEL. (MV SKIN DEEP, VIA N R CHIPCHASE). NCA. HH100/351/21 28.5.03 DIVED 28.5.03 IN 5022.686N, 0155.876W [WGD]. STANDS 3MTRS HIGH BY DEPTH GAUGE AND E/S. NO SCOUR. BADLY BROKEN WITH MIDSHIPS UPRIGHT. PADDLE WHEELS, CRANKSHAFT AND TWO COMPOUND ENGINES CLEARLY VISIBLE. BOWS HAVE DISAPPEARED INTO SEABED. STERN BROKEN OFF 90 DEGS TO STBD AND IS DISAPPEARING INTO SEABED. (C R POOLE). NCA. 13.10.03 POSN CONFIRMED BY PAUL HIGGINS. LARGE TRAWL COVERS REMAINS OF WK. (P HIGGINS/G FURSE TELECON 13.10.03) NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, CENTRAL PART INTACT, BOW & STERN DISPERSED
Position: 50 22.694 N,1 55.866 W