This is the information page about the shipwreck Sanaga, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 47 37.351 N,3 25.863 W (47.724433333333, -3.3529666666667)
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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: SANAGA
Length 67.4 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 987 ton
Cause: ran aground on rocks nr pte des chats, ile de groix, while on passage from plymouth to st nazaire. (ll, 204/24).
Year of registration: 1971
Water depth above wreck: -2 meter
Known since: 1971, last detected: 2017
Details measurements/cartography: 7.5.71 IMPOSSIBLE TO REFLOAT, HULL HAS TORN IN 3 PLACES. (LL, 204/24). H2770/69 5.7.78 ST IN 473722N, 032557W. (BREST NM 78 21 28). BR STD. 11.9.83 SHOWN IN 473721N, 032555.5W ON FR 5479. 12.9.83 COASTER 'SANAGA' STRANDED IN 473724N, 032551W [EUR]. (FR WK RECORDS 1983). CHART AS ST IN 473722.7N, 032549W. NC 2352. 23.2.89 POSN ACCURACY 500MTRS. (FR WK RECORDS 1987, NO.14573192). 13.9.93 SHOWN AS ST, DRIES 3.1MTRS, IN 473724.6N, 032546.8W ON FR 7139 [1993 EDN]. BR STD. H3 5.9.01 SHOWN AS ST H3.1MTRS IN 4737.410N, 0325.780W [EUR] ON BA 2821 [2000 EDN], ADOPTION OF FR 7031 [1993 EDN]. 17.12.12 [WGD] POSN: 4737.351N, 0325.863W. SEP 2012/000254615 17.12.12 NOW DRIES 5.8MTRS. (FRENCH NM 50/60/12).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 47 37.351 N,3 25.863 W