This is the information page about the shipwreck Pingouin (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 3.725 N,1 14.895 E (50.16585, 1.3567833)
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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: PINGOUIN (POSSIBLY)
Year of registration: 1937
Water depth above wreck: 14 meter
Known since: 1937, last detected: 2016
Details measurements/cartography: H7661/37 29.11.37 WK IN 500359N, 011453E. (FRENCH NM 2827/45). H7827/37 8.1.38 WK 3.5FMS IN 500359N, 011453E. (FRENCH NM 2886/46). H6131/59 SHOWN AS WK 3FMS 4FT ON FR 5107. BR STD. 14.11.73 SHOWN AS WK, LEAST DEPTH 6.7MTRS, IN 500359N, 011453E ON FR 934. NC 2147. 15.4.86 POSN GIVEN AS 500359N, 011455E [EUR]. (FR WK NO.21601124). HH351/351/01 20.11.89 LEAST DEPTH NOW 6.1MTRS IN 500347N, 011500E [EUR]. (FR NM 89 43 24).
- NM 3631/89. 12.3.98 LISTED AS WK 8.3MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS IN 500346.6N, 011458.7E [EUR]. SMALL MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SEABED OF SAND. BROKEN UP. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1998). AMEND TO WK 8.3MTRS IN 500346.5N, 011458.5E [EUR]. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN UP
Position: 50 3.725 N,1 14.895 E