This is the information page about the shipwreck Ophelie, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 43.755 N,1 30.875 E (50.746016666667, 1.54795)

 

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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. Acer
2. Advent
3. Aiglon
4. Amandine
5. Argo
6. Atlantic (possibly)
7. Belford
8. Blanc nez
9. Brandenburg
10. Ca 4
11. Cachalot
12. Cap de la hague
13. Colbert
14. Costas michalos (aft section)
15. Costas michalos (fwd part)
16. D'artagnan
17. Dartmore
18. Dixie
19. Dotterel
20. Eustratios (probably)
21. Evolution
22. Express
23. Flachsee
24. Gladys
25. Gloire a sainte therese
26. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
27. Harmatris
28. Hippocampe (?hypocampe)
29. Hms brazen
30. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
31. Hms glen boyne
32. Hms lord grey
33. Hms wessex
34. Iltis (possibly)
35. Ines
36. Jupiter (probably)
37. Jupiter tr 1 (possibly)
38. Katharina kolkmann
39. Kielce
40. L'intrepide
41. La fleche
42. Le tregor
43. Les aulnays
44. Loic
45. Lorraine
46. Marie-ange loic
47. Mariner moon
48. Mercator
49. Merida
50. Moise
51. Monarch
52. Moorside (probably)
53. Munificent
54. Negrier
55. Nicolaw
56. Niki
57. Notre dame des trois epis
58. Ophelie
59. Pallieter
60. Petit antoine
61. Phoenix
62. Rhea
63. Rio parana
64. Rochester castle (possibly)
65. Saint benoit labre
66. Sainte marie de la mer
67. Smarapaan
68. Sperrbrecher 171 (possibly)
69. St claire (possibly)
70. Sultana
71. Tbd 317
72. Texaco caribbean (after section)
73. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
74. Tusnastabb (possibly)
75. U 8
76. U 93 (probably)
77. Ub 103 (possibly)
78. Ub 108 (possibly)
79. Ub 38
80. Ub 55 (probably)
81. Ub 56 (possibly)
82. Ub 78
83. Ub-33 (probably)
84. Uc 26
85. Uc 63
86. Uc 78 or uc 79
87. Unity
88. Vent arriere
89. Virgo sancta

 

Name: OPHELIE

Length 128.6 meter, width: 17.4 meter, draught: 8.8, tonnage 6477 ton

Cause: vessel, built in 1922 by chantiers & ateliers de st nazaire and owned at the time of loss by compagnie auxiliaire de nav., was bombed and sunk by german aircraft while en-route in boulogne roads. (dods). sunk in boulogne roads. (ll ww2).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 13 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2016

Details measurements/cartography: H01450/42 28.4.42 WK 251.25DEGS, 2.135M FROM DIGUE CARNOT LT, MARKED BY BUOY 252.25DEGS, 2.155M FROM DIGUE CARNOT LT. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). CHART AS DW PA IN 504350N, 013055E. - FNM 876/42. H04344/44 15.11.44 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 7.3MTRS. (ADMIRALTY). AMEND TO WK 7.3MTRS [4FMS].

- NM 2548/44. H04344/44 21.7.47 WK 7.0MTRS [3.75FMS], WITH G CONL LT BUOY, FLG CLOSE N. (PARIS NM 2177/47).

- NM 1796/47. H3461/50 5.6.50 BUOY NOW CLOSE W OF WK. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). LC 438. H6383/53 19.5.55 AMENDED TO WK 4FMS, WITH G CONL LT BUOY FLG CLOSE NW. NC 2451. H2370/55 15.11.55 WK 7.5MTRS [4FMS], WITH G CAN LT BUOY, FLG2S WITH APEX TO APEX TRIANGULAR TOPMARK. (FRENCH 3648 & FRENCH NMS). LC 438. H2370/55 21.2.56 WK 5.4MTRS [2.75FMS], WITH G CAN LT BUOY, QKFLG WITH APEX TO APEX TRIANGULAR TOPMARK. (PARIS NM 55 51 38).

- NM 389/56 & FNM 16/56. H5787/58 6.3.61 WK 5.0MTRS [2FMS 4FT], WITH B CAN LT BUOY, WITH RAREFL, CLOSE W. (PARIS NM 61 05 03).

- NM 566/61. H2978/76 25.10.77 B PILLAR LT BUOY, FLG4S, N TOPMARK 350DEGS, 150MTRS FROM WK. (BREST LTR NO. 95 EPSHOM/E/NA DTD 12.10.77). BR STD. 30.3.82 SHOWN AS WK 5.0MTRS WITH G PILLAR STBD LT BUOY, FLG4S, N TOPMARK ON FRENCH NM BLOCK 0832/82. NE 1892. H2981/78 23.10.86 LEAST DEPTH NOW 8.1MTRS. (BREST NM 86 41 32). 13.12.88 WK 8.1MTRS IN 504348.4N, 013057.3E [EUR] [+/-20MTRS] IN GEN DEPTH 13MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS [1987]). BR STD. [WGD] POSN: 5043.755N, 0130.875E.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 43.755 N,1 30.875 E

 

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