This is the information page about the shipwreck Nyon, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 38.159 N,0 12.257 E (50.6523667, -0.6161833)
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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: NYON
Year of registration: 1962
Water depth above wreck: 38 meter, Height above seabed: 170 cm
Known since: 1962, last detected: 20150716
Details measurements/cartography: H2579/62 1.8.62 SUNK IN 503803N, 001224E. MARKED BY G SPH BUOY, INT QFL G, LAID CLOSE W. (TH NM 47/62). CHART AS DW WITH BUOY CLOSE W.
- NM 1503/62. H2579/62 26.9.63 TO BE DISPERSED TO LEAST DEPTH 60FT. (TH, 10.9.63). H2579/62 6.10.64 WK DISPERSED. CHAIN SWEEP CLEAR AT 64FT [MLWS]. (THV 'WINSTON CHURCHILL'). AMEND TO WK 10FMS 4FT.
- NM 1871/64. 14.7.71 NOW CHARTED AS WK 19.1MTRS. NC 536. H2979/74 12.12.74 EXISTENCE CONFIRMED. (E GILES, 1.12.74). H4959/73 22.4.75 EXAM'D 15.10.74 IN 503804N, 001222E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 27.4 IN GEN DEPTH 40MTRS. NO SCOUR. SONAR LENGTH 250FT. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 55/74). CHART AS WK 27MTRS. AMEND TO WK 27MTRS [15FMS] IN REVISED POSN. NE 536 & NE 2451. H4121/76 3.8.76 EXAM'D 29.4.76. HMS BEAGLE'S POSN AND DEPTH CONFIRMED BY CLOSE SOUNDING. DCS3 TRACE INDICATES LENGTH 106-122MTRS. WK WELL BROKEN UP. LIES 353/173DEGS. NO FURTHER EXAMINATION REQUIRED. (HMS ECHO, HI 41/76). NCA. H2979/74 24.11.76 WK LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER USING DECCA. LIES E/W WITH BOWS TO THE W, IN GENERAL DEPTH OF 140FT. HIGHEST PART - MIDSHIPS [BRIDGE] STANDING 45FT HIGH. BOW STANDS 30FT HIGH. (E GILES, SUBSERVS, 13.11.76). NCA. HH100/351/05 14.5.92 LOCATED IN 503757N, 001224.5E [OGB] USING DECCA. (C MARTIN, 13.4.92). NCA. SEP 2015/000083466 5.2.16 EXAM'D 16.07.15 IN 5038.159N, 0012.257E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 26.19MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 38.19MTRS. NO SCOUR, LENGTH 154MTRS, HT 12MTRS, WIDTH 35MTRS. BROKEN UP WK, PARTIALLY BURIED, STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1477). AMEND DW 26MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP
Position: 50 38.159 N,0 12.257 E