This is the information page about the shipwreck Perles des flots, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 48.64 N,1 24.48 W (50.0916, -1.1892)
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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: PERLES DES FLOTS
Length 14.5 meter, width: 5.1 meter, tonnage 30 ton
Cause: presumed scuttled. (operation `mellick').
Year of registration: 1991
Water depth above wreck: 75 meter
Known since: 1991, last detected: 2017
Details measurements/cartography: HH351/352/01 16.1.92 SUNK IN 494842N, 012424W [EUR]. (CHERBOURG AVURNAV 1480). PLOTS IN 80MTRS IN EXPLOSIVES DUMPING GROUND ON BA 2613. NCA YET. 10.2.93 WK, LEAST DEPTH UNKNOWN BUT MORE THAN 20MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 75MTRS, IN 494842N, 012424W [EUR]. ACCURACY 500MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1992). COVERED BY NDW CLOSE N. BR STD. 26.4.99 NOTED AS DIFFUSION LIMITEE. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1999). AMENDED TO RESTRICTED - COMMERCIAL. NCA. SEP 2008/000084195 4.12.08 WK USC 60MTRS PD SHOWN ON FRENCH 7120 [2ND EDN' 08]. AMEND TO WK USC 60MTRS PD IN EXISTING POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 49 48.64 N,1 24.48 W