This is the information page about the shipwreck Rigmor (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 54.955 N,4 51.252 W (49.993283333333, -4.6426333333333)
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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: RIGMOR (POSSIBLY)
Length 68.4 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 4.1, tonnage 1278 ton
Load: coal
Cause: built by f schichau, elbing. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 76nhp, single shaft. passage newport for plymouth. sunk by german aircraft. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 82 meter, Height above seabed: 89 cm
Known since: 1941, last detected: 2004
Details measurements/cartography: H01001/41 1.8.40 SUNK IN 495400N, 045100W. (LL WW2 & WW2SL). CHART AS NDW PA.
- NM 1785/41. H0803/41 28.8.43 DELETED FROM ALL CHARTS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).
- NM 1844/43 & NM 1936/43. RETAINED FOR FILING ONLY. HH091/059/01 6.4.05 EXAM'D 21.8.04 IN 4954.955N, 0451.252W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 77.9 IN GEN DEPTH 82.9MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 68MTRS, WIDTH 16MTRS, HT 5MTRS. LIES 089/269 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, COLLAPSED. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). INS AS WK 77MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, COLLAPSED
Position: 49 54.955 N,4 51.252 W