This is the information page about the shipwreck Salta, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 32.144 N,0 2.307 W (49.5357333, -0.03845)

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.

Name: SALTA

Length 137.8 meter, width: 16.2 meter, draught: 9.4, tonnage 7284 ton

Cause: Built in 1911 by forg et ch de la mediterranee. triple expansion engine of 669nhp, single shaft. a former french ship, taken over by british for use as hospital ship. mined off le havre. 86 crew lost. (dods).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 17 meter, Height above seabed: 80 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: H2391/18 9.5.18 H2391/18 9.5.18 WK IN 493230N, 000218W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL].

- NM 584/18. H9710/19 29.1.19 H9710/19 29.1.19 WK, MARKED BY BUOY. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). - FNM 1/19. H6358/19 18.9.19 H6358/19 18.9.19 WK 3.7MTRS [2FMS] IN 493212N, 000212W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). AMEND TO WK 2FMS (1917) IN REVISED POSN. NE 2146 & NE 2675. H9000/19 26.11.19 H9000/19 26.11.19 WK 3.7MTRS [2FMS], MARKED BY G CONL LT BUOY, FR, 50MTRS N. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).

- NM 2110/19. H4325/22 12.7.22 H4325/22 12.7.22 REPORTED AS NOT DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION. (FR NM 22 26 851). NCA. H3759/24 30.5.24 H3759/24 30.5.24 WK 12.5MTRS [6.5FMS], MARKED BY LT BUOY, IN 493215N, 000215W. (FR NM 24 21 964). R/P. H4455/25 6.7.25 H4455/25 6.7.25 LT BUOY MOVED TO MARK WK OF 'LIONEL' IN 493145N, 000245W ON FR 4937.

- NM 1165/25. H2537/28 20.8.28 H2537/28 20.8.28 SHOWN AS WK 11.9MTRS IN 493215N, 000215W ON FR 4937. NCA. H659/60 1.9.60 H659/60 1.9.60 SHOWN ON FR 4937. H2606/66 23.8.69 H2606/66 23.8.69 FALLS WITHIN FA CENTRED IN 493100N, 000100W APPROX. (FR NM 69 31 17).

- NM 1558/69. 1.10.74 1.10.74 SHOWN AS WK 12MTRS IN 493212N, 000209W ON FR 6603. NC 2146. 23.11.89 23.11.89 SHOWN AS WK 11.3MTRS IN 493212N, 000214W ON FR 6736 [2ND EDN 1989]. WK 12MTRS IN 493211.5N, 000213.5W. POSN ACCURACY 20MTRS. GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. (FR WK RECORDS NO.14590054). NE 2146. [FA NOT SHOWN ON FRENCH CHARTS]. 15.5.07 15.5.07 LIES IN 4932.194N, 0002.227W [EUR]. IN 1997 WAS WELL BROKEN UP. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 2007). AMEND POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP

Position: 49 32.144 N,0 2.307 W

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