This is the information page about the shipwreck Poitiers (part of)(possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 58.552 N,4 36.775 W (50.822183333333, -4.5627833333333)

 

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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. Antwerpen (probably)
3. Balvenie (possibly)
4. Bath city (possibly)
5. Bogstad
6. Brabant
7. Cambronne
8. Charlynne ii (probably)
9. Clangula (probably)
10. Diligent
11. Florence reynolds
12. Girdleness
13. Gregynog
14. Hms montague
15. Hodd
16. Iona ii
17. Johanna
18. Lci(l)99
19. Leonard pearce
20. Lisa maria
21. Marguerite pry
22. Marie elaine (possibly)
23. Milly (possibly)
24. Monte gurugu (possibly)
25. Mountpark (possibly)
26. N verberckmoes (possibly)
27. Northfield (possibly)
28. Pallion (probably)
29. Pearn pride (possibly)
30. Poitiers (part of)(possibly)
31. Provider (possibly)
32. Queenswood (part of)(possibly)
33. Robert
34. Salado
35. Sarla
36. Shad thames
37. South australian
38. Ss fatfield
39. Ss hornet
40. Swainby (probably)
41. Teneriffa (possibly)
42. Thistlemor
43. Towneley
44. Villasandino

 

Name: POITIERS (PART OF)(POSSIBLY)

Length 76.5 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 2045 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1917 by superior shipbuilding co. owned at the time of loss by cie. francaise des chemins de fer de paris-orleans. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 274 nhp, single shaft. passage from st nazaire. torpedoed and sunk. (dods & sibi). sank at once. survivors picked up by ss janwold.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 22 meter, Height above seabed: 150 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2009

Details measurements/cartography: H2468/18 1.5.18 WK IN 505503N, 043600W. MAST SHOWING 3FT AT LOW WATER. TO BE BUOYED. (A.N.655/18). CHART AS DW PA.

- NM 674/20. 10.5.18 SUNK 5M SW BY W FROM HARTLAND PT. (A.P.SWANSEA). NCA. H3311/18 10.6.18 SEARCHED FOR BUT NOT FOUND. (TH). NCA. 6.10.72 NOW CHARTED AS USC PA 8FMS [15MTRS]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 1178 & NE 1179. H1247/69 4.5.78 NOW CHARTED AS DWPA IN 505900N, 043600W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). 23.8.11 LOCATED 21.5.09 IN 5058.552N, 0436.755W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 20.63 IN GEN DEPTH 21.8MTRS. SCOUR 0.95MTR DEEP. LENGTH 12.2MTRS, WIDTH 10.7MTRS, HT 2.15MTRS. LIES 150/330 DEGS. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). ?PARTIAL WK OR DEBRIS. AMEND WK 20.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ?PART OF WK OR DEBRIS

Position: 50 58.552 N,4 36.775 W

 

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