This is the information page about the shipwreck Samson, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 43 20.428 N,4 56.252 E (43.340466666667, 4.9375333333333)
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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: SAMSON
Year of registration: 1963
Water depth above wreck: 38 meter
Known since: 1963, last detected: 2017
Details measurements/cartography: H4849/63 20.1.64 NDW IN 432026N, 045616E. (PARIS NM 63/44/13). BR STD. H1306/53 5.3.71 SHOWN AS WK 36MTRS ON FRENCH 5034. NC 3498. 18.2.77 SHOWN AS WK 36MTRS ON FRENCH 6423 [1974 EDN]. H2469/77 27.9.77 WK NOW LEAST DEPTH 32MTRS. (BREST NM 77/34/29).
- NM 2288/77. 27.6.84 WK OF TUG 'SAMSON' LIES IN 432029.4N, 045618.6E [EUR]. LEAST DEPTH 32MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS APR'84). H1272/84 5.8.86 WK PA 32MTRS SHOWN ON FRENCH 6767 [1985 EDN] & 6684 [1986 EDN]. BR STD. HH350/350/01 10.11.89 SHOWN AS WK 31MTRS ON FRENCH 6684 [1989 EDN]. BR STD. 4.10.06 SHOWN AS WK 31MTRS IN 4320.423N, 0456.220E [WGD] ON FRENCH 7391 [2002 EDN, LARGEST SCALE] & FRENCH 6767 [2ND EDN 2005, 2ND SCALE ADOPTION]. NC 2116. 11.1.12 SHOWN IN 4320.428N, 0456.252E [WGD] ON FR503351 [EDN 2.41].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 43 20.428 N,4 56.252 E