Wreck: Ra.2 (possibly) (Minesweeper)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Ra.2 (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 14.234 N,2 54.589 E (51.52005, 3.2163)


 

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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: RA.2 (POSSIBLY)

Length 37.5 meter, width: 5.5 meter, draught: 2.4, tonnage 160 ton

Cause: 2.11.42 ex-french minehunter chasseur 45. previously sunk 2.11.42 at le havre and later salvaged and repaired by the germans. mined ne of ostend. (r verpoorte).

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 6 meter

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H03799/44 3.11.44 DW IN 511421N, 025418E, MARKED BY CONL BUOY, N TOPMARK CLOSE N. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 2390/44. H5371/46 21.11.46 BUOY REMOVED. (NETH NMS 632 & 649/46).

- NM 3231/46. 25.9.52 SHOWN AS WK 5.5MTRS, WITH G CONL BUOY CLOSE N ON E 8188-MS. AMEND WK 3FMS WITH G CONL BUOY CLOSE NE. NES 325, 1872. H3697/52 11.9.53 SHOWN AS WK 0.9MTRS, WITH G CONL BUOY CLOSE N ON NETH 203. AMEND WK 0FMS 3FT, WITH G CONL BUOY CLOSE N. NC 325. 11.5.55 AMEND POSN TO 511420N, 025421E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H03799/44 13.3.57 AMEND BUOY TO G CONL, FLG2S. (OSTENDE NM 1/14/57).

- NM 535/57. 26.7.57 WK 0.9MTRS SHOWN IN 511417N, 025423E [EUR], MARKED BY G CONL BUOY, FLG2S ON BELGIAN SURVEY. AMEND WK 3FT WIT BUOY. LC 125. H1297/58 14.4.58 BUOY NOT SEEN. (CDT FOURCAULT HN). DELETE.

- NM 534/58. H03799/44 9.11.59 LEAST DEPTH NOW 5.7MTRS, & BUOY REMOVED. (OSTENDE NM 21/106/59). AMEND WK 3FMS.

- NM 2692/59. 12.1.73 AMEND SW 5.7MTRS IN 511417N, 025439E ON NC 125. H1310/88/18 8.8.88 REPORTED TO BE WK OF FRENCH FV FROM BOULOGNE. (J COULON, 15.3.88). HH100/351/01 8.8.89 RA.2 SANK IN 511300N, 025200E APPROX. (R VERPOORTE, 9.5.89). SEP 2010/000138707 18.10.10 SHOWN AS SW 5.6MTRS [LAT] IN 5114.234N, 0254.589E [WGD] ON BELGIAN 102 [NE 1.6.10, 1:60,000].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 14.234 N,2 54.589 E

 

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