Wreck: Puerto de castellon (probably) (Motor vessel)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Puerto de castellon (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 27.266 N,3 18.105 W (49.4055, -3.5834166666667)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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: PUERTO DE CASTELLON (PROBABLY)

Length 72.5 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 678 ton

Cause: sank following a collision with lebanese ss 'bruce m' in thick fog. passage casablanca for hamburg.

Year of registration: 1963

Water depth above wreck: 72 meter, Height above seabed: 120 cm

Known since: 1963, last detected: 2001

Details measurements/cartography: H3006/63 23.8.63 SANK 20 MILES W OF GUERNSEY, IN 492800N, 031900W, APPROX. (LL, LANDS END RADIO, 20.5.63). 4.12.81 INS AS USC PA 55MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/03 3.8.90 WK LOCATED IN 492718.5N, 031805W [OGB] USING DECCA. (T ALLEN, 21.7.90). PROBABLY THIS WK. AMEND TO USC 55MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/912/01 20.11.01 LOCATED 15.8.01 IN 4927.266N, 0318.105W [WGD] USING DGPS. NOT INVESTIGATED AS OUTSIDE SURVEY AREA. LENGTH APPROX 50MTRS, WIDTH APPROX 12MTRS. DCS3 HT APPROX 7.0MTRS. LIES 120/300 DEGS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, PARTLY BURIED, UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 912). AMEND TO WK 60MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT & UPRIGHT, PARTLY BURIED

Position: 49 27.266 N,3 18.105 W

 

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