This is the information page about the shipwreck Raumboat no.41, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 33.672 N,0 59.118 W (49.4905, -0.7145)
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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: RAUMBOAT NO.41
Length 37.8 meter, width: 5.8 meter, tonnage 135 ton
Cause: Torpedoed and sunk by british mtb. (j coulon).
Year of registration: 1987
Water depth above wreck: 24 meter
Known since: 1987, last detected: 2017
Details measurements/cartography: H1310/88/10 8.3.88 REMAINS OF A GERMAN WOODEN MINESWEEPER IN POSN BY TORAN [BAIE DE SEINE]. TWO DIESEL ENGINES SIGHTED. (J COULON, 20.12.87). NCA YET. H2340/87 14.7.88 WK, LEAST DEPTH MORE THAN 20MTRS, IN 493347N, 005852W. (BREST NM 88 24 22). CHART AS NDW. NC 2613. H1311/88 15.12.88 IDENTIFIED AS GERMAN RAUMBOAT NO.41 BY RECOVERED COMPASS. (J COULON, 14.11.88). 13.7.90 WOODEN GERMAN MINESWEEPER IN 493347.4N, 005852.2W [EUR] [+/-100MTRS]. LIES IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. (FR WK RECORDS 1990 NO.14590551). NCA YET. HH351/352/01 8.7.91 WK, LEAST DEPTH 22MTRS, IN 493344N, 005905W. (FR NM 91 24 30).
- NM 2073/91. 13.2.92 EXAM'D 1991 IN 493344N, 005902.5E [+/-100MTRS]. ONLY ENGINE AND SWEEP WINCH FOUND. LEAST DEPTH 22.2 IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS. (FR WK RECORDS 1991 NO.14590551). NC 2135. 17.5.07 LIES IN 4933.725N, 0059.038W [EUR]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.2MTRS. LENGTH 5MTRS, WIDTH 2MTRS. ENGINE REMAINS WITH WINCH NEARBY. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 2007). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 6.2.11 [WGD] POSN: 4933.672N, 0059.118W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WOODEN HULL, ENGINE REMAINS WITH WINCH NEARBY
Position: 49 33.672 N,0 59.118 W