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 (50.6523667, -0.6161833)
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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: 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