Wreck: Prairial (Submarine)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Prairial, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 32.817 N,0 5.297 W (49.54695, -0.0882833)
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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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Shipwreck details
Name: PRAIRIAL
Year of registration: 1951
Water depth above wreck: 19 meter
Known since: 1951, last detected: 2007
Details measurements/cartography: H1268/51 27.3.51 H1268/51 27.3.51 DW IN 493245N, 005017W. (FR NM 51 04 35).
- NM 584/51. H371/59 11.2.59 H371/59 11.2.59 WK 14.3MTRS [7FMS 5FT] IN 493250N, 000516W. (FR NM 58 48 23).
- NM 181/59. H659/60 1.9.60 H659/60 1.9.60 SHOWN AS WK 14MTRS [7FMS 4FT] ON FR 890. NC 2146. 1.10.74 1.10.74 SHOWN AS WK 14MTRS IN 493250N, 000512W ON FR 6603. NC 2146. 23.3.82 23.3.82 SHOWN AS WK 13.9MTRS IN 493250N, 000512W ON FR 6603 [1979 EDN]. NC 2656. HH351/351/01 22.11.89 HH351/351/01 22.11.89 SHOWN AS WK 14.4MTRS IN 493252N, 000512W ON FR 6736 [2ND EDN 1989]. WK OF FRENCH SUBMARINE 'PRAIRIAL' IN 493252.3N, 000513.2W [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 20MTRS. EXAM'D BY SONAR, MAGNETOMETER & SOUNDING. LEAST DEPTH 14.4 IN GEN DEPTH 19MTRS. HT 4.7MTRS ABOVE SEABED. WK INVERTED ON SEABED, HULL INTACT BUT HOLED ON PORTSIDE IN AFT SECTION, KEEL HIGHEST POINT. (FR WK RECORDS 1987 NO.14590048). CHART AS WK 14.4MTRS IN 493252N, 000513W. NE 2146. 2.8.07 SEP 2007/000035208 2.8.07 WK 16.7MTRS SHOWN ON FRENCH 6857 [3RD EDN' 07]. INS IN EXISTING POSN. BR STD. 6.9.07 SEP 2007000056509 6.9.07 SHOWN ON FRENCH 7418 [2ND EDN' 07]. NE 2146.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INVERTED ON SEABED
Position: 49 32.817 N,0 5.297 W
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