This is the information page about the shipwreck Petit forban, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 20.987 N,0 9.629 E (50.577250, -0.082600)

 

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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.

 

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2. Aristos
3. Ashford
4. Bernicia
5. Braunton
6. Caleb sprague
7. Cambronne
8. Carrie dingle
9. Clara
10. D144 (possibly).
11. Dagana
12. Eduard (possibly)
13. Emerald (possibly)
14. Esperanza
15. Fife coast (possibly)
16. Fulham vii (probably)
17. George sutton
18. Glenartney (possibly)
19. Gris brumaire (possibly)
20. Gull (possibly)
21. Hms borneo
22. Hms keryado (probably)
23. Holme force (possibly)
24. La cycogne (probably)
25. Laura
26. Loic lucas
27. Lornaston (possibly)
28. Mohlenpris (possibly)
29. Noordster
30. Northlands (possibly)
31. Nyon
32. Ouse (possibly)
33. Petit forban
34. Reime
35. Rytoner
36. Saint marcouf
37. Seaford
38. Seven seas (possibly)
39. St rogatien (possibly)
40. U 275 (probably)
41. U 413 (possibly)
42. U 671
43. U678 (probably)/u275 (possibly)
44. Vasco
45. Wilhelmina j
46. Zeester (possibly)

 

Name: PETIT FORBAN

Length 16.8 meter

Cause: 25.2.83 capsized and sank. (ll, 23, 24 & 25.2.83).

Year of registration: 1983

Water depth above wreck: 42 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1983, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: 23.2.83 SANK IN 502100N, 000700E. (LL, 23.2.83). NCA YET. H2595/80 7.3.83 CHART AS SW 33MTRS [18FMS] IN 502059N, 000944E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. H4722/79 28.7.83 NOW REPD AS WK, LEAST DEPTH GREATER THAN 30MTRS, IN 502106N, 000924E [EUR]. (BREST NM 23/23/83). H4722/79 21.5.85 WK LOCATED IN 502057N, 000942E [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 32.2 IN GEN DEPTH 42MTRS. (SIG DTD 29.4.85). NCA. H2350/85 17.2.86 EXAM'D 19.9.86 IN 502058N, 000942E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33.3 IN GEN DEPTH 41MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7.9MTRS, LENGTH 15MTRS. LYING 090/270DEGS. POSSIBLY A SMALL FV OR YACHT WITH MAST STANDING UPRIGHT. (NP 1008, HI 317B). RETAIN SW 33MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/05 14.5.92 LOCATED IN 502048N, 000930E [OGB] USING DECCA. (C MARTIN, 13.4.92). NCA. 20.1.14 EXAM'D 6.10.13 IN 5020.987N, 0009.629E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 37.06 IN GEN DEPTH 42MTRS. SCOUR 1.5MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 20MTRS TOWARDS 315 DEGS. LENGTH 27MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS, HT 5MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1416).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, PROBABLY INVERTED

Position: 50 20.987 N,0 9.629 E

 

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