This is the information page about the shipwreck Sainte helene (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 45 39.663 N,1 12.412 W (45.5484, -1.0411333333333)
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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: SAINTE HELENE (POSSIBLY)
Length 86.9 meter, width: 12 meter, draught: 5, tonnage 2128 ton
Cause: built in 1893 by w gray & co. owned at the time of loss by daher & cie. triple expansion engine of 219nhp. passage from port talbot. struck a mine & sank. (dods & ll ww1).
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 25 meter
Known since: 1917, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: H1149/17 6.3.17 WK IN 453942N, 011236W MARKED BY LT BUOY. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).
- NM 271/17. H1302/19 4.1.19 ABOVE POSN CONFIRMED MARKED BY G BUOY. (PARIS NM). NCA. H7295/21 29.11.21 WK HAS 10MTRS OVER IT. (PARIS HYDRO). AMEND TO WK 5.5FMS, DELETE BUOY.
- NM 262/22. H3351/25 WK 5.5FMS IN 453946N, 011226W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 2910. H8479/33 10.1.33 SHOWN ON FRENCH 5490. NE 2664. H5925/50 12.1.51 DELETE. (PARIS NM 50 035 31).
- NM 2045/50. 30.7.77 SHOWN AS DW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) BA 2190. 31.1.77 SHOWN AS WK 20MTRS [10FMS 5FT] IN 453942N, 011220W [EUR] ON FRENCH 6335 [1976 EDN]. NE 2910. 27.9.83 SHOWN AS WK 20.5MTRS IN 453944N, 011220W [EUR] ON FRENCH 6336 [1983 EDN]. NC 2910. 28.9.83 UNKNOWN LARGE MERCHANT SHIP IN 453943N, 011219W [EUR]. LOCATED BY HULL MOUNTED SONAR. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1983). 9.1.03 SHOWN IN 4539.630N, 0112.400W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7425 [2002 EDN, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NC 3058. HH353/540/05 8.7.03 DELETED. (FRENCH NM 03 26 32).
- NM 3682/03. 27.2.06 SHOWN AS WK 20.5MTRS IN 4539.63N, 0112.40W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7425 [INT 1849] [2ND EDN 2005, 1:25,000, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 3058. SEP 2015/000205643 30.9.15 AMEND WK 20.5MTRS IN 4539.663N, 0112.412W [WGD] ON FR574250. (EDN 3.1, DTD 10.9.15). AMEND DW 20.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. - BA NM 5321/15.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UK NM 3563/18
Position: 45 39.663 N,1 12.412 W