This is the information page about the shipwreck Protee, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 43 4.25 N,5 32.228 E (43.287333333333, 5.3166666666667)

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.

Name: PROTEE

Length 92 meter, width: 8.2 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1384 ton

Cause: 18.12.1943 vessel, built 1927 & taken into service 1932. left algiers on 18.12.1943 with 74 men including three sailors from the royal navy. no more was heard of her. it was believed she was depth charged by german patrol vessels off marseilles. (navy news, nov'96 & the french navy).

Year of registration: 1943

Water depth above wreck: 118 meter

Known since: 1943, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: HH354/790/02 30.6.95 NDW IN 430342N, 053154E [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 95/24/13). BR STD. HH100/351/12 3.1.97 LOCATED 16.5.95. EXAM'D BY ROV. LIES FLAT ON THE SEABED, LISTING SLIGHTLY, HULL IN GOOD CONDITION & CONNING TOWER DESTROYED. POSN ACCURACY 10-100MTRS. GEN DEPTH 125MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORD 18035443, DISTRIBUTION LIMITED). AMENDED TO CINC. 19.5.00 WK 116MTRS SHOWN IN 4304.25N, 0532.30E [EUR] ON FRENCH 6951 [2ND EDN 2000, SCALE 1:250,000]. BR STD. HH354/790/02 10.7.00 NOW WK 116MTRS IN 4304.31N, 0532.29E [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 00/22/22).

- NM 3102/00. [WGD] POSN: 4304.250N, 0532.228E.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, SLIGHT LIST

Position: 43 4.25 N,5 32.228 E

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