Wreck: Radiant med (Carrier)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Radiant med, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 18.586 N,2 59.919 W (49.111116666667, -2.8063833333333)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: RADIANT MED
Length 100.6 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 2997 ton
Load: grain,foodstuffs: solid
Cause: built in 1970 by hashihama zosen, imabari. owned at time of loss by maritime star shipping ltd. passage ghent for pointe noir. reported taking in water and listing during storm-force winds. abandoned and later capsized and sank. 16 men lost. (msd).
Year of registration: 1984
Water depth above wreck: 65 meter, Height above seabed: 120 cm
Known since: 1984, last detected: 2019
Details measurements/cartography: H3635/71 25.1.84 LOCATED IN 491842N, 025956W FIXED BY DECCA, VISUAL BEARINGS & RADAR. LEAST E/S DEPTH 48.3 IN GEN DEPTH 65MTRS. CHAIN SWEPT CLEAR AT 33.3MTRS. E/S FINDINGS CONSISTENT WITH WK LYING ON ITS SIDE APPARENTLY ORIENTATED 060/240DEGS. (THV STELLA, 25.1.84). CHART AS WK 26FMS [48MTRS]. BR STD H3635/71 27.4.84 POSN GIVEN AS 491845N, 025951W [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 84 09 21). NCA. HH100/351/14 26.4.99 LOCATED IN 4918.586N, 0259.942W [WGD] USING GPS. (M SHARP, FAX DTD 25.3.99). AMEND TO REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH226/400/04 29.10.03 NOW WK 52MTRS IN 4918.60N, 0259.80W [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 03 42 27). 31.3.07 LOCATED IN 4918.586N, 0259.919W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 52.4 IN GEN DEPTH 65MTRS. LIES 120/300 DEGS. ON ITS SIDE. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 2007). AMEND POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: LYING ON ITS SIDE
Position: 49 18.586 N,2 59.919 W
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