This is the information page about the shipwreck Pusnes, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 10.439 N,4 54.048 E (54.2493333, 4.832)

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: Pusnes

Length 39.9 meter, tonnage 170 ton

Cause: Sank whilst under tow of m tug abeille no.15 in very fine weather whilst on passage norway for alexandria. vessel, which was reported to have been fully surveyed before departure, suddenly developed a 40deg list & sank before anything could be done.

Year of registration: 1969

Water depth above wreck: 43 meter, Height above seabed: 112 cm

Known since: 1969, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: H2239/64 16.4.70 DW PA IN 541100N, 045600E. (GERMAN NM 1208/70 & NETHERLANDS NM 84(T)/70). INS AS DW PA.

- NM 694/70. H429/70 5.2.73 NOT SHOWN ON BLOCK FOR GERMAN D.101. NCA, MAY BE STS. 13.12.73 SHOWN ON NETHERLANDS 1037 [NOV '73 EDN]. H3878/75 6.10.75 WK 42MTRS IN 541031N, 045400E [EUR]. (NETHERLANDS NM 2228/75).

- NM 2106/75. H2356/76 29.3.76 CONFIRMATION OF ABOVE. PREVIOUS DW PA IN 541100N, 045600E ALSO LISTED. (MICROFILMED DATA DTD 20.1.76). 4.5.89 NAMED AS PUSNES. WK 42MTRS IN 541031N, 045400E. (NETHERLANDS WK RECORDS, JAN '88). HH100/351/17 11.5.01 LOCATED IN 5410.482N, 0454.127E [EUR] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 39.9 IN GEN DEPTH 44MTRS. SCOUR 0.6MTRS. LENGTH 55MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.2MTRS. SWATHE HT 4.1MTRS. LIES WNW/ESE. (MV TRIDENS 1, VIA SVITZER, EMAIL DTD 11.5.01). AMEND TO WK 39MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH340/620/06 6.8.01 NOW WK 40MTRS IN 5410.52N, 0454.00E [EUR]. (NETHERLANDS NM 31/443/01).

- NM 3649/01. 2.5.07 SHOWN AS WK 39MTRS IN 5410.474N, 0453.917E [WGD] ON NETHERLANDS 1632 [INT 1420] [2007 EDN, CO-PRODUCTION]. NE 1632.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 10.439 N,4 54.048 E

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