This is the information page about the shipwreck Quentovic, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 6.911 N,1 41.684 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: QUENTOVIC
Year of registration: 1978
Water depth above wreck: 37 meter, Height above seabed: 113 cm
Known since: 1978, last detected: 20170322
Details measurements/cartography: 21.2.78 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 235DEGS, 4.5M FROM SANDETTIE LTV. (LL, 17.2.78). WZ ISSUED. H4886/76 9.3.78 WK IN 510648N, 014124E. DANGEROUS FOR NAVIGATION. (AVURNAV CHERBOURG 108/78). CHART AS DW IN 510648N, 014130E.
- NM 697/78. 28.3.78 REPD TO BE OF STEEL CONSTRUCTION OF 64.8GRT, BUILT 1974. (R LEE TELECON, 28.3.78). H4886/76 27.7.78 AMENDED TO WK 33MTRS IN 510651N, 014149E [EUR].
- NM 1827/78. H4886/76 12.10.81 SALVAGE OPS TAKING PLACE FROM SISTER SHIP. (TELEX DTD 5.10.81). H4886/76 19.10.82 OWNER HAS GIVEN UP SALVAGE OPS. WK REMAINS AS CHARTED. (TELEX DTD 14.10.82). H2172/81 10.2.83 SHOWN AS WK 30.1MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS, IN 510656N, 014143E [EUR] ON FR SURVEY [K9065/2], 1981/82. AMEND TO WK 30MTRS IN 510658N, 014140E [OGB].
- NM 739/83. H3159/86 23.9.86 SHOWN AS WK 30MTRS IN 510652N, 014145E [CORRECTED TO OGB] ON FR SURVEY [K9845/9], 1985. NE 1892. 2.7.90 FV 'QUENTOVIC' IN 510657.8N, 014145.1E [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 20MTRS, FIXED BY TRIDENT III. EXAM'D BY E/S, MAGNETOMETER & SONAR. LEAST E/S DEPTH 30.0 IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. LENGTH 20.5MTRS. (FR WK RECORDS 1987, NO.21611088). HH226/420/02 20.4.95 NOW WK 28.15 IN 510657.6N, 014146.7E [EUR]. APPROX 10.5MTRS ABOVE SEABED. (WKS DEPT, R NETH NAVY).
- NM 1504/95. HH226/420/02 5.5.95 NOW WK 28MTRS IN 510658N, 014147E. (NETH NM 250/95). NCA. HH242/405/02 19.1.96 AMENDED TO SW 30MTRS IN 510658N, 014146E [EUR]. (NETH NM 50/95). BR STD. [OGB] POSN: 510653.5N, 014148E. HH226/420/09 16.2.05 NOW WK 32MTRS. (FRENCH NM 05 05 21).
- NM 1472/05. SEP 2015/000171587 10.11.15 EXAM'D BY BDC, WK FOUND IN 5106.911N, 0141.685E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 31.7MTRS IN GEN DEPTHS 38MTRS. LENGTH 22.6MTRS, WIDTH 8.4MTRS, HT 5.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 135DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 6.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 350DEGS. NFS. (DS8, CEFAS SURVEY 2014). AMEND TO NDW 31MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP2017/000083886 12.7.17 EXAM'D 22.3.17 IN 5106.911N, 0141.684E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 31.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 37.4MTRS, LENGTH 21.8MTRS, WIDTH 6.5MTRS, HEIGHT 7.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 113/293 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 109MTRS, DEPTH 1.4MTRS TOWARD 050 DEGS. WRECK APPEARS LARGELY INTACT WITH A DEGRADED AFT SECTION. VESSEL IS SAT UPRIGHT AND HAS NO EVIDENCE OF DEBRIS SURROUNDING THE WRECK. (EGS, HI 1537). AMEND NDW 31.2MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: STEEL HULL
Position: 51 6.911 N,1 41.684 E