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 49 46.282 N,1 44.823 W (49.686983333333, -1.6523333333333)

 

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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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Name: NORMANDY

Length 58.5 meter, width: 8.8 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 618 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: sunk 8m nnw of cherbourg breakwater whilst en route from southampton to cherbourg. (ll ww1). vessel, built in 1910 by earle's co. and owned at the time of loss by london & south western railway co., was torpedoed and sunk by german submarine 8m e by n of cap de la hague. 14 lives lost. (dods). torpedoed and sunk by german submarine u 90. (der krieg zur see). was on passage southampton to cherbourg. (p enault).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 55 meter

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 8M NNW [MAGNETIC] FROM CHERBOURG BREAKWATER. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). POSN 8M E BY N FROM CAP DE LA HAGUE. (IDSA, MASTER). GIVES POSN 494700N, 014700W APPROX. H3308/86 21.10.87 WK 48MTRS IN 494621N, 014444W [EUR]. (FR NM 87 38 22). 22.9.88 GEN DEPTH 56MTRS. (FR WK RECORDS 1988). HH100/351/01 22.11.89 CONFIRMED AS THE 'NORMANDY'. WK IS IN GOOD CONDITION. (P ENAULT, 20.10.89). 9.2.93 WK, LEAST DEPTH 49MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 55MTRS. IN 494620.5N, 014444.6W [EUR]. ACCURACY 20MTRS. REPORTED BY DIVERS TO CARRY INSCRIPTION 'ROYAL MAIL' & DATE '1910'. (FR WK RECORDS 1992). BR STD. 23.4.99 SONAR LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. (FR WK RECORDS 1999). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 46.282 N,1 44.823 W

 

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