This is the information page about the shipwreck Normannia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 3.836 N,2 14.398 E (51.1325, 2.5103666666667)
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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: NORMANNIA
Length 118.9 meter, width: 14.9 meter, tonnage 1567 ton
Cause: bombed by german aircraft during evacuation of b.e.f. from dunkirk, & sank whilst under tow. (ll ww2)
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 17 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm
Known since: 1940, last detected: 2019
Details measurements/cartography: H0602/40 20.7.40 DW PA IN 510345N, 021445E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED)
- NM 1794/40. H2420/45 POSN NOW 510348N, 021445E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED)
- NM 1599/45. H3567/49 31.5.51 DW SHOWN IN 510350N, 021426E ON FRENCH CHARTS.
- NM 1386/49. H7304/53 5.12.53 DELETE. (PARIS NM 53.43.23) - FNM 129/53 & NM 830/53. H3221/65 26.10.67 WK 5.5MTRS SHOWN IN 510350N, 021426E ON FRENCH 6501. NE 323. 19.8.75 SW 5.5MTRS SHOWN ON FRENCH 6501 [1975 EDN]. NC 323. H1271/80 9.12.81 SHOWN AS WK 6.3MTRS ON FRENCH 6651. NE 323. H1310/81/33 28.1.82 CONSIDERED BY FRENCH DIVERS TO BE THE NORMANNIA. DIVED ON JULY 1981. (J COULON, 12.1.82). 15.8.85 LOCATED 1979 IN 510353N, 021430E [EUR]. LEAST DEPTH 6.3 IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. LENGTH 120MTRS. LYING NE/SW ON ITS STARBOARD SIDE. (ANNALES HYDROGRAPHIQUES, 1983). 8.11.88 HT OF FUNNEL 11.0MTRS FROM SEABED. LOCATED BY V/S, E/S, MAGNETOMETER & DIVER. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987 NO.21612091). 14.10.96 SHOWN AS WK 6.6MTRS [MLS] ON BELGIUM 102 REPROMAT [MAY '96]. NC 1873. 9.4.03 SHOWN AS WKS 6.3MTRS IN 5103.839N, 0214.413E [WGD], WITH DANGER LINE EXTENDING 190MTRS SW, ON FRENCH 7057 [INT 1482] [2ND EDN 2002, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 1350. SEP 2016/000098018 25.04.16 SHOWN AS FOUL IN 5103.839N, 0214.413E [WGD] ON FRENCH 7057. (ED4, COR 08.03.2016). AMEND TO FOUL.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 3.836 N,2 14.398 E