This is the information page about the shipwreck Portrieux, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 0.367 N,2 3.303 E (51.0898333, 1.7715833)
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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: PORTRIEUX
Length 86 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 2257 ton
Cause: Bombed by german aircraft. (ww2sl).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: -3 meter
Known since: 1940, last detected: 2000
Details measurements/cartography: H03856/43 28.12.43 ST IN 510030N, 020337E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) LATER CHANGED TO 510030N, 020339E. - FNM 2766/43. H733/58 11.8.58 ST PA SHOWN ON FRENCH 5513. BR STD. H3221/65 12.1.70 SHOWN AS ST IN 510025N, 020323E ON FRENCH 5519. BR STD. H1283/76/118 POSN 510024.54N, 020324.24E AND NAME FROM FRENCH WK INFO. (R A LEE). 12.10.06 SHOWN IN 5100.367N, 0203.303E [WGD] ON FRENCH 7424 [INT 1564] [2000 EDN, ADOPTION]. NE 323.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 0.367 N,2 3.303 E