This is the information page about the shipwreck Saint-pierre des marins, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 47.982 N,1 26.836 W (50.0916, -1.1892)
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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-PIERRE DES MARINS
Length 8.5 meter, width: 3 meter, tonnage 5 ton
Cause: presumed scuttled. (operation 'mellick').
Year of registration: 1992
Water depth above wreck: 72 meter, Height above seabed: 167 cm
Known since: 1992, last detected: 2017
Details measurements/cartography: HH351/352/02 16.1.92 SUNK IN 494812N, 012600W. (CHERBOURG AVURNAV 1494). PLOTS IN APPROX 75MTRS IN EXPLOSIVES DUMPING GROUND ON BA 2613. 12.2.93 WK, LEAST DEPTH UNKNOWN BUT MORE THAN 20MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 72MTRS, IN 494812N, 012600W [EUR]. ACCURACY 500MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1992). BR STD. 31.1.96 AMENDED POSN TO 494802.5N, 012645W [EUR]. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1996). BR STD. 27.4.99 POSN 4948.042N, 0126.756W [EUR]. POSN BY DGPS. NOTED AS DIFFUSION LIMITEE. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1999). AMENDED TO RESTRICTED - COMMERCIAL. AMEND POSN. BR STD. SEP 2008/000084195 4.12.08 WK USC 64MTRS SHOWN ON BA 2613 [2ND EDN' OCT 07 (INT 1705), 1:150,000]. WK USC 64MTRS SHOWN ON FRENCH 7120 [2ND EDN' 08]. AMEND TO WK USC 64MTRS IN EXISTING POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 49 47.982 N,1 26.836 W