This is the information page about the shipwreck Saint emilion (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 48.079 N,0 46.926 E (50.7173333, 0.6087833)

 

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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.

 

1. Actuality
2. Afghanistan (bow section)
3. Afghanistan (probably)
4. Albuera
5. Alcantara
6. Alice
7. Alice (possibly)
8. Amsterdam
9. Argonaut
10. Ash
11. Australier (probably)
12. Bobby
13. Broderick (probably)
14. Cabo espartel
15. Carlisle castle
16. Caterham
17. Ceta (stern section)
18. Charente
19. Corinia (possibly)
20. Dona isabel (probably)
21. Duc richard
22. Duchess (possibly)
23. Durango
24. Eagle (possibly)
25. Eco vouga
26. Electra
27. Ella sayer
28. Emma
29. Enero (probably)
30. Euphorbia
31. Evg(no rx152)?
32. Excellence pleske
33. Frockner
34. Gold coin
35. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
36. Hms anne
37. Hms caulonia
38. Hms ghurka
39. Hms myrmidon
40. Hms waterfly
41. Hmt gullfoss
42. Hoheweg
43. Holland
44. Holland v
45. Hydaspes (possibly)
46. Irisbrook
47. Jan brons
48. Jokai
49. Kingfisher (probably)
50. La somme (probably)
51. Lacer
52. Lady alice
53. Lepanto/le panto/panta/panto
54. Lisbon
55. Lullington
56. Maxwell
57. Milbanke (probably)
58. Morgenster
59. My astor
60. Northfleet
61. Pontos
62. Robin hood
63. Roecliff
64. Roode zee (possibly)
65. Roseburn
66. Rushing water
67. Rydal hall (possibly)
68. Saint emilion (probably)
69. Saint jean pierre
70. Salbya (possibly)
71. Samida
72. Samwake
73. Seine
74. Sierra bravia
75. Sir robert wigham
76. Skerryvore
77. Sparta (possibly)
78. Startled fawn (possibly)
79. Storaa
80. Swale (probably)
81. T s webb
82. Tokufuku maru
83. Trooper
84. Umba (probably)
85. Veerman
86. Ville de bordeaux
87. Ville de dunkirk (stern) (possibly)
88. Vittoria claudia
89. War monarch
90. Waterland (possibly)
91. Welsh belle
92. Wittering

 

Name: SAINT EMILION (PROBABLY)

Length 68.9 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1112 ton
Load: fertiliser: natural and products

Cause: Vessel, built in 1917 by akers mek. voerksted and owned at the time of loss by worms & cie., thought to have sunk after striking a mine. (ww1sl & dods).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 28 meter, Height above seabed: 40 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20150604

Details measurements/cartography: H2537/28 17.8.28 SANK IN APPROX 504045N, 004700E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). 3.4.75 NOTHING FOUND. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 55/74). H4959/73 10.4.75 LOCATED IN 504802N, 004701E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27-31MTRS. SCOUR 8.8MTRS DEEP. (HMS BEAGLE, 1974 REPORT). CHART AS WK 22.2MTRS [12FMS 1FT]. NE 536. H4121/76 28.7.76 REPORTED SWEPT CLEAR AT 19.9MTRS. (SOISS SIG DTD 14.6.76). H4121/76 4.8.76 HMS BEAGLES POSN CONFIRMED 12.6.76. DRIFT SWEPT CLEAR AT 19.9MTRS FOUL AT 20.7MTRS. LENGTH FROM PRELIMINARY SDG 80.0MTRS. LIES 030/210DEGS BETWEEN TWO SAND RIDGES ABT 4MTR HIGH. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.3MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 29-30MTRS. 4MTR HIGH SAND WAVE CLOSE BY. THESE SAND RIDGES SHOW PROMINENTLY ON DCS3 TRACE. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 41/76). AMEND TO SW 19.9MTRS. BR STD. 7.9.84 WK DIVED. LARGE WRECK LYING ON ITS SIDE. CARGO NITRATE. BELL RECOVERED - NAME 'RUNDO'. SCANDINAVIAN ORIGIN BUT THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN SOLD TO FRENCH COMPANY IN WW1 AND GIVEN A SAINTS NAME. (A RIGGALL,TELECON). NCA. PROBABLY THE 'SAINT EMILION'. SEP 2015/000083464 11.2.16 EXAM'D 4.6.15; IN 5048.079N, 0046.926E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.44MTRS, GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. LENGTH 75MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS, HT 6MTRS, ORIENTATION 040/220. SCOUR 15MTRS TOWARDS 210, SCOUR DEPTH 3MTRS. WK BROKEN, ON ITS SIDE, STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (HI 1475, GARDLINE GEOSURVEY). AMEND DW 21MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 48.079 N,0 46.926 E

 

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