This is the information page about the shipwreck Samlong (or charles w eliot), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 24.577 N,0 28.671 W (49.49575, -0.2880167)
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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: SAMLONG (OR CHARLES W ELIOT)
Year of registration: 1944
Water depth above wreck: 20 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm
Known since: 1944, last detected: 2021
Details measurements/cartography: SANK IN 492400N, 002800W, APPROX. (WW2SL). H6873/50 1.2.51 WK, LEAST DEPTH 15MTRS [8FMS], IN 492456N, 002851W. (PARIS NM 35/020/50).
- NM 181/51. H716/60 11.7.61 INS WK 8FMS 1FT ON NC 2613. 14.9.81 INS AS WK 15.5MTRS ON NC 2656. H3898/82 17.5.82 SHOWN AS WK 16.6MTRS [9FMS] IN 492437N, 002837W ON FR 6927 [1981 EDN]. R/P. H4722/79 20.12.84 WK OF SS, EITHER 'SAMLONG' OR 'CHARLES W ELIOT' [US, 7176 GRT, MINED 28.6.44] IN 492437.9N, 002835.4W [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 20MTRS. EXAM'D BY E/S & SONAR. HT 3.1MTRS ABOVE SEABED, LENGTH 15MTRS, ORIENTATION NW/SE. (FR WK RECORDS 1987 NO.14590137). NC 2613. 28.12.12 [WGD] POSN: 4924.577N, 0028.671W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 49 24.577 N,0 28.671 W