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 (50.7460167, 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 (fwd part)
15. D'artagnan
16. Dartmore
17. Dixie
18. Dotterel
19. Eustratios (probably)
20. Evolution
21. Express
22. Flachsee
23. Gladys
24. Gloire a sainte therese
25. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
26. Harmatris
27. Hippocampe (?hypocampe)
28. Hms brazen
29. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
30. Hms glen boyne
31. Hms lord grey
32. Hms wessex
33. Iltis (possibly)
34. Ines
35. Jupiter tr 1 (possibly)
36. Katharina kolkmann
37. Kielce
38. L'intrepide
39. La fleche
40. Le tregor
41. Les aulnays
42. Loic
43. Lorraine
44. Marie-ange loic
45. Mariner moon
46. Mercator
47. Merida
48. Moise
49. Monarch
50. Moorside (probably)
51. Munificent
52. Negrier
53. Nicolaw
54. Niki
55. Notre dame des trois epis
56. Ophelie
57. Pallieter
58. Petit antoine
59. Phoenix
60. Rhea
61. Rio parana
62. Rochester castle (possibly)
63. Saint benoit labre
64. Sainte marie de la mer
65. Smarapaan
66. Sperrbrecher 171 (possibly)
67. Sultana
68. Tbd 317
69. Texaco caribbean (after section)
70. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
71. Tusnastabb (possibly)
72. U 8
73. U 93 (probably)
74. Ub 103 (possibly)
75. Ub 108 (possibly)
76. Ub 38
77. Ub 55 (probably)
78. Ub 56 (possibly)
79. Ub 78
80. Ub-33 (probably)
81. Uc 26
82. Uc 63
83. Uc 78 or uc 79
84. Unity
85. Vent arriere
86. 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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