This is the information page about the shipwreck Normandy coast, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 14.416 N,4 49.134 W (53.546566666667, -4.6729833333333)

 

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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.

 

1. Adela (possibly)
2. Albert (possibly)
3. Alexandra
4. Angloman (possibly)
5. Arno mendi
6. Asmund
7. British viscount
8. Caernarvon bay (probably)
9. Castilian
10. Cognac
11. Cressida
12. Cyrene
13. Dagmar
14. Fairearn (probably)
15. Fairisle
16. Farfield
17. Fawn (possibly)
18. Ferocious
19. Fostimore
20. Gwynfaen
21. Harold
22. Hms campina
23. Hms westphalia (possibly)
24. Hmsm h5
25. Kirkmichael
26. La rochelle (possibly)
27. Lilly (possibly)
28. Maarten cornelis
29. Marquess of bute (possibly)
30. Mary
31. Meath
32. Minerva
33. Missouri
34. Morning spray
35. Normandy coast
36. Oliver cromwell
37. Oria
38. Osseo
39. Pegasus (possibly)
40. Penvearn
41. Perseus
42. Rhyl
43. Saint olaf
44. Segontium (sirgontium)
45. Slieve bloom
46. Tarbetness
47. Theme
48. Town of wexford (possibly)
49. Trinidad
50. U 87
51. U 87 (part of) (possibly)
52. Uss roanoke
53. Vivar
54. Westward ho

 

Name: Normandy Coast

Length 79.2 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1428 ton

Cause: built in 1916 by sir raylton dixon & co. owned at time of loss by coast lines. triple expansion engine of 162nhp for 9 knots, single shaft. torpedoed and sunk. nineteen men lost.positional analysis: reported position was 53 19; 04 48w (rohwer 1999, p188 and war losses 1989, p786). the "19" may be a transcription error for14. this would put the attack in exactly the right place. the attack also claimed roanoke (ukho 7178) which has been identified as a nearby wreck to the north.archival analysis: normandy coast was sunk by u1055 on 11 jan 1945. survivor stated ship was hit aft and settled by the stern (tna adm199/2148). it is noted the stern of this wreck is separated from the rest of the wreck. wrecksite.eu record states that the wreck is believed to be ss normandy coast. means of identification by divers is not given in detail but stated as "100%" certain.

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 44 meter, Height above seabed: 155 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 20190512

Details measurements/cartography: TORPEDOED OFF THE ANGLSEY COAST. (DODS). AUBD 319/232 6.4.45 POSN 531500N, 044900W. APPROX HT 50FT, BEAM 80FT. DEPTH 160-340FT. SONAR CONTACT. (EG 25). AUBD/233 14.1.45 POSN 531400N, 045100W APPROX. SONAR CONTACT. (HMS DOMETT). AUBD/234 17.1.45 POSN 531400N, 044500W APPROX. ROCK. SONAR CONTACT. (HMS DUCKWORTH). AUBD/236 POSN 531400N, 045000W APPROX. SONAR CONTACT. H03603/55 15.6.55 CHARTED IN 531400N, 045000W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). WK CHARTS. H7942/58 3.11.59 NOW CHARTED IN 531500N, 044900W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE WK CHART 8968. 18.5.79 NOW CHARTED AS WK PA 30MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 1411 & 1826. H1935/80 19.3.84 EXAM'D 6.12.83 IN 531424N, 044904W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 35.7 IN GEN DEPTH 44MTRS. NO SCOUR. IN TWO PARTS WITH DCS3 HT 8.5MTRS, LENGTH 80MTRS OVERALL. WIDTH 30MTRS. (HMS FAWN, HI 3). AMEND TO WK 35MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 28.2.23 WRECK SURVEYED 12/5/2019: MBES DATA SHOWS WRECK BROKEN INTO TWO PORTIONS, IT APPEARS STERN IS THE SMALLER SECTION LYING 53MTRS SE OF THE MAIN WRECK. THE OVERALL LENGTH IS APPROX 78MTRS AND WIDTH APPROX 12MTRS. THE WRECK IS CONSIDERED TO BE "NORMANDY COAST" BY DIMENSIONS, ARCHIVE AND DIVER IDENTIFICATION. (INNES MCCARTNEY BOOK "ECHOES FROM THE DEEP"). UPDATE "NORMANDY COAST" AND ATTRIBUTES.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 14.416 N,4 49.134 W

 

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