This is the information page about the shipwreck Saint michael veillez sur nous, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 12.871 N,1 43.138 E (51.0898333, 1.7715833)
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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: SAINT MICHAEL VEILLEZ SUR NOUS
Year of registration: 1970
Water depth above wreck: 36 meter, Height above seabed: 40 cm
Known since: 1970, last detected: 20121218
Details measurements/cartography: H4667/70 29.12.70 WK LOCATED IN 511252N, 014312E [EUR] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.1MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 33.1MTRS. INVESTIGATED BY DIVERS FROM HMS BRONINGTON AND FOUND TO BE FISHING VESSEL LYING ON THE SIDE OF A SAND WAVE. WRECK COMPLETE. HEADING NORTH & LYING WITH 30DEG LIST. APPROX 70FT LONG. LEAST DEPTH AT FOREMAST WHICH IS 35FT ABOVE SEABED. DECK 15FT ABOVE SEABED. (HMS BULLDOG, 13.10.70). INS AS WK 12FMS (22.0MTRS) IN 511246N, 014313E [OGB]. BR STD. 25.7.72 WK LOCATED IN 511254.5N, 014313.0E [EUR] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 28.6MTRS. NOT SEEN ON DCS3 AS CLOSE TO SANDWAVE OF DEPTH 20.0MTRS. (CONTRACT SURVEY BY WIMPEYS LAB, JUNE 1972). H4988/71 5.7.76 NOT LOCATED ON 11.3.75. (HMS FAWN, HI 40/75). NCA. H5265/73 18.5.78 LOCATED USING IN 511255N, 014312E [EUR] USING HIFIX/6. LEAST E/S DEPTH 34MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HN DTD 26.4.78). NCA YET. AWAIT SURVEY. H5265/73 27.6.78 LOCATED 24.3.78 IN 511250N, 014314E [OGB]. NOT CLOSE SOUNDED. SONAR HT 3.1MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS. LYING 013/193DEGS. LENGTH 44MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG). AMEND TO WK 34MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H2891/83 21.6.84 NOT FOUND BY CLOSE SOUNDING. SANDWAVES IN VICINITY HAVE LEAST DEPTHS BETWEEN 25 & 27MTRS. DELETION. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 170). DELETED. BR STD. H2345/84 22.1.85 NOT LOCATED. (NP 1016, HI 254). H2350/85 8.12.86 NOT LOCATED. (NP 1016, HI 317A). HH090/517/01 5.11.91 NOT LOCATED BY DCS3 AND MAGNETOMETER. BELIEVED TO BE BURIED. GEN DEPTH NOW 34MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 518). HH090/632/01 20.7.94 LOCATED IN CHARTED POSN BY MAGNETOMETER AND DCS3. NOT INVESTIGATED. POOR DCS3 TRACE AND UNABLE TO OBTAIN HEIGHT. VERY SLIGHT MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION. (NP 1016, HI 632). AMENDED TO LIVE. HH090/745/01 11.6.97 EXAM'D 13.5.97 IN LISTED POSN. LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY DURING MAIN SONAR SEARCH. NOT SEEN ON E/S OR DCS3 DURING INVESTIGATION, BUT SECOND MAGNETIC ANOMALY NOTED. LIES IN AN AREA OF SANDWAVES UP TO 8MTRS HIGH. CONSIDER THAT THE WK IS COMPLETELY BURIED. (NP 1016, HI 745). AMENDED TO FOUL. BR STD. HH090/889/01 4.9.00 NOT LOCATED. (NP 1016, HI 889). NCA. HH091/024/01 3.6.03 EXAM'D 30.3.03 IN 5112.867N, 0143.163E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 32.3, FOUL 32.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 31.8 IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 44MTRS, WIDTH 11MTRS. DCS3 HT 2.6MTRS. LIES 150/330 DEGS. (NP 1016, HI 1024). INTACT. AMEND TO SW 32MTRS. BR STD. HH091/159/01 30.7.07 EXAM'D 25.12.06 IN 5112.870N, 0143.135E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 32.3 IN GEN DEPTH 35.5MTRS. LENGTH 18MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS, HT 3.2MTRS. LIES 043/223 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (OSAE, HI 1159). APPEARS INTACT. RETAIN SW 32MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH091/294/01 LOCATED BY M/B. NOT EXAM'D. (MARN MATTEKNIK, HI 1294). NCA. 26.2.12 LOCATED 18.12.12 IN 5112.871N, 0143.138E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 32.81 IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 20.8MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS, HT 3.2MTRS. LIES 040/220 DEGS. APPARENTLY INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (NETSURVEY, HI 1399). AMEND NDW 32MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2019/000297802 16.12.19 NOT LOCATED IN M/B DATASET (2019). NFS.(A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI1651). NFA. SEP 2020/000235710 21.10.20 NOT LOCATED IN M/B DATASET (2020). NFS.(A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI1694). NFA. RSDRA2021/000256990 30.11.21 NOT LOCATED IN M/B DATASET (2021). (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, ROS HI1744). NFA. RSDRA2022000293810 29.11.22 NOT LOCATED IN M/B DATASET (2022). (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, ROS HI1766). NFA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WOODEN HULL, INTACT
Position: 51 12.871 N,1 43.138 E