This is the information page about the shipwreck Paris (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 11.012 N,2 7.628 E (51.2505333, 1.9181167)

 

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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. Alhama
3. Amor
4. Andre
5. Brighton
6. British liberty (possibly)
7. Bruno heinemann (z.8)
8. Dyck ltv
9. Elizabeth and unknown
10. Estafette
11. Fauvette
12. Fennella
13. Floride (probably)
14. Foudroyant
15. Foudroyant (possibly)
16. Ganko
17. Garden city
18. Hms blackburn rovers (possibly)
19. Hms brighton queen
20. Hms grenade
21. Hms hermes
22. Hms king orry
23. Hms maida (possibly)
24. Hms redcar
25. Hms thuringia (possibly)
26. Hms westella
27. Hoegh aigrette
28. Horst
29. Jaguar
30. Jean pierre et phillipe
31. Jonrix
32. L'urtiga (possibly)
33. Le copain d'abord
34. Lst 364 (probably)
35. M 3630 (possibly)
36. Madimba (probably)
37. Marthe
38. Melrose
39. Mona's queen
40. Nagro (possibly)
41. Neerlandais
42. Neppo (possibly)
43. Netty (possibly)
44. Niendorf (possibly)
45. Noroit
46. Okeania
47. Paris (possibly)
48. Pavon
49. Peppinella
50. Port nicholson (probably)
51. Portrieux
52. Prinses astrid
53. R.93 (possibly)
54. Saint antoine de padoue
55. Saint camille
56. Sint annaland
57. St fagan
58. St pierre (aft section)
59. St pierre (fore portion)
60. Toquet
61. Trifels
62. U 37
63. Uc 63
64. V 201 (possibly)
65. Vecht (probably)
66. Velocitas
67. Western farmer (bow section)

 

Name: PARIS (POSSIBLY)

Length 89.3 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1790 ton

Cause: Built in 1913 for the southern railway co. in use as hospital ship. passage for dunkirk to embark wounded personnel. bombed & disabled by german aircraft. tugs were sent to assist but vessel sank. two lives lost. (ww2sl).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: H0602/40 20.7.40 DW PA IN 511130N, 020700E. (ADMIRALTY). - FNM 1795/40 & NM 1794/40. H3221/65 25.10.67 SHOWN IN 511130N, 020800E ON DUTCH SURVEY [K4478], DW PA SHOWN IN BOTH 511130N, 020700E & 511130N, 020800E ON FRENCH 5513. H3801/74 23.4.74 SHOWN ON NETHERLANDS 1035. INS ON BA 323.

- NM 1840/74. 20.12.76 N CARD PILLAR BUOY SHOWN APPROX 3.5C WNW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 323. H3544/72 3.8.77 WK 15.7MTRS IN 511054N, 020730E [EUR]. (BREST NM 77 27 19).

- NM 1868/77. H1271/76 6.3.79 POSN NOW 511102N, 020725E [EUR]. (BREST NM 79 04 32). BR STD. H2981/78 1.8.79 AMEND TO WK 17.1MTRS IN 511104N, 020744E [EUR]. (BREST NM 79 24 36). BR STD. 27.4.84 LISTED AS DORIS?. LEAST DEPTH 17.1 IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS. FREIGHTER, LENGTH 80MTRS, LYING FLAT ON SEABED AND PARTIALLY SILTED UP. (FRENCH WK RECORDS & ANNALES HYD. 1983). HH100/351/02 11.6.90 DIVED ON AND IDENTIFIED AS PARIS, BELL RECOVERED. LOCATED IN 511104N, 020719E. LIES IN ABOUT 32MTRS WITH BOW STANDING SOME 8MTRS HIGH ABOVE SEABED. ALL UPPER PART OF WK HAS EITHER FALLEN IN OR HAS BEEN RIPPED OFF BY FISHING BOATS. BOW IS INTACT, EXCEPT FOR A CRACK, BUT REMAINDER OF WK IS IN BAD CONDITION. (CDT EGGERMONT, 17.5.90). NCA. LOCATED IN 511104N, 020721E. (A BEDEUR, TELECON). NCA YET. 21.6.91 STATED TO BE SMALL CARGO VESSEL IN 511103.5N, 020743E [EUR]. POSN BY DECCA. (SHOM - REP DES CR ET EP). 22.3.95 NOW WK 20.9MTRS IN GEN DEPTH OF 22MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1994, NO.21612237). BR STD. 31.10.96 SHOWN AS WK 17.1MTRS [LAT] ON FRENCH 7214 [1988 EDN]; AS WK 17.4MTRS [MLLWS] ON BELGIUM 102 [JAN '94 EDN]; & AS WK 17.4 & 21.2MTRS [MLLWS] ON BELGIUM 102 REPROMAT DTD MAY '96. CHART AS WK 17.4MTRS [MLLWS] WITH WK 21MTRS CLOSE SE. NC 1873.POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE 27.8.02 SHOWN AS WK 20.9MTRS IN 5111.02N, 0207.65E [WGD] ON FRENCH 6651 [6TH EDN 2002]. ADOPTED AS BA 323 [1:75,000]. LARGER SCALE BA 1873 [1:60,000] ADOPTED FROM BELGIUM [INT 1480] SHOWS WK 17.4MTRS AND WK 21.2MTRS CLOSE SE. NCA. 1.8.03 SHOWN AS WK 20.9MTRS IN 5111.02N, 0207.65E [WGD] ON FRENCH 6735 [1:150000, 5TH EDN 2003]. NCA. 18.2.08 SHOWN AS WK 20.9MTRS [MLLWS] IN 5111.02N, 0207.65E [WGD] ON FRENCH 7214 [2ND EDN 2007, 1:60,000]. NCA. 25.2.08 WK 17.4MTRS DOES NOT EXIST. CORRESPONDS WITH PREVIOUS MEASUREMENT OF 20.9MTRS [LAT] [21.2MTRS ON BELGIAN CHART]. (B MORIN, SHOM, EMAIL DTD 21.2.08). DELETE WKS 17.4MTRS, INS WK 21MTRS [MLLW].

- NM 1963/08. 26.5.11 SHOWN AS WK 20.9MTRS [LAT] IN 5111.012N, 0207.628E [WGD] ON FR401030 [EDN 1.44].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 11.012 N,2 7.628 E

 

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