This is the information page about the shipwreck Playa de finisterre, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 17.964 N,0 34.908 E (50.3947333, 0.3180167)

 

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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. Abraham duquesne (possibly).
2. Achille adam
3. Alice (possibly)
4. Bernicia
5. Braga
6. Cambronne
7. Caterham
8. D144 (possibly).
9. Ebenezer
10. Emma
11. Eric philippe
12. Ezel (possibly)
13. Garry laure
14. Gerfer
15. Gris brumaire (possibly)
16. Heimdall
17. Kia ora
18. Kingfisher (probably)
19. La revanche
20. Ma monette
21. Maine
22. Noordster
23. Oijfeld
24. Playa de finisterre
25. Rytoner
26. Saint florent
27. Saint marcouf
28. Seaford
29. St rogatien (possibly)
30. Teesborough
31. U 671

 

Name: PLAYA DE FINISTERRE

Length 71.6 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 2.1, tonnage 589 ton
Load: metal: concentrate and products

Cause: 16.2.82 sank following collision with danish m tanker 'svengulf maersk', whilst en route bilbao to rotterdam. (ll, 13 & 16.2.82).

Year of registration: 1982

Water depth above wreck: 43 meter, Height above seabed: 40 cm

Known since: 1982, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: H4722/79 1.3.82 H4722/79 1.3.82 REPD SUNK IN 501748N, 003400E, OR 157DEGS, 30M FROM BEACHY HEAD. (DOVER MRCC, SIG DTD 12.2.82). WZ 109/82 ISSUED. H4722/79 1.3.82 H4722/79 1.3.82 MASTER OF SUNKEN VESSEL MAINTAINS HIS POSN JUST BEFORE COLLISION WAS 170DEGS, 24M FROM BEACHY HEAD. PILOT OF RAF SAR HELO BELIEVES ORIGINAL POSN QUOTED IN WZ 109 TO BE CORRECT. KEEL TO RADAR SCANNER HEIGHT GIVEN AS 10MTRS. (DOVER MRCC, SIG DTD 1.3.82). CHART AS USC PA 30MTRS IN 501748N, 003400E [OGB]. BR STD. H4722/79 11.3.82 H4722/79 11.3.82 POSN GIVEN BY MASTER OF SUNKEN VESSEL SEARCHED BY THV 'SIREN' WITHOUT RESULT. SEARCH IN 501748N, 003400E PROVIDED DEFINITE CONTACT. (TH HARWICH TLX DTD 5.3.82). NCA, AWAIT FURTHER INFO FROM THV 'SIREN'. H4722/79 7.4.82 H4722/79 7.4.82 THV 'SIREN' LOCATED OBSTN, CONSIDERED TO BE THIS WK, IN 501748N, 003430E [OGB]. LEAST DEPTH 33MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 43MTRS. NOT SWEPT. POSSIBILITY THAT FLOATING DEBRIS ATTACHED TO WK COULD GIVE LESSER DEPTH. (TELECON TH HARWICH, 7.4.82). AMEND POSN ONLY. BR STD. H4722/79 1.7.82 H4722/79 1.7.82 DIVING SURVEY 7.6.82 CONFIRMS IDENTITY OF WK. LIES ON STBD SIDE, HEADING APPROX 220DEGS [T]. POSN CONFIRMED AS CHARTED. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S, CHECKED BY DIVERS' GAUGES & HAND LEAD, WAS 125FT [38.1MTRS], IN GEN DEPTH 171FT [52.1MTRS]. SOME HATCH COVERS MISSING, AS IS PART OF STEEL & ALUMINIUM CARGO. (INGLEDEW, BROWN, BENNISON & GARRET, TLX DTD 1.7.82). AMEND TO WK 30MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/01 20.3.89 HH100/351/01 20.3.89 SEARCHED FOR USING E/S AND MAGNETOMETER OUT TO 0.75M RADIUS FROM CHARTED POSN. NO WK DETECTED. (T W BENNETTO, 17.2.89). NCA YET. 16.9.91 16.9.91 WK LOCATED ABOUT A MILE E OF CHARTED POSN. FURTHER DETAILS TO BE FORWARDED. (C MARTIN, TELECON). NCA. HH100/351/05 5.3.92 HH100/351/05 5.3.92 LOCATED USING DECCA. LIES ACROSS TIDE AND ON ITS SIDE WITH SUPERSTRUCTURE TO W. COMMERICAL GUARD REQUESTED. (C MARTIN, TELECON 4.3.92). NCA. 11.10.93 11.10.93 'ON-TOP' GPS POSN - 501757N, 003500.5E [OGB]. (C MARTIN, TELECON 8.10.93). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 5.2.99 5.2.99 CINC DELETED. MORE THAN FIVE YEARS. 30.3.99 30.3.99 SHOWN AS WK 30MTRS IN 5018.200N, 0035.000E [EUR] ON FRENCH 6824 [3RD EDN 1998]. - OGB POSN: 5018.109N, 0035.018E. NC 2451. 29.4.13 29.4.13 SHOWN AS WK 30MTRS IN 5017.964N, 0034.908E [WGD] ON FRENCH 6824 [2006 EDN].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LIES ON SIDE, SUPERSTRUCTURE TO THE WEST

Position: 50 17.964 N,0 34.908 E

 

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