This is the information page about the shipwreck Sappho, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 42.946 N,4 42.075 W (48.821616666667, -4.5446833333333)

 

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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.

 

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2. Amina
3. Amoco cadiz
4. Ar gwella
5. Arrino
6. Arvor
7. Awelic
8. Bainbridge
9. Casablanca (possibly)
10. Corinto (possibly)
11. Cornelis b
12. Eastlands
13. Eildon
14. Elektra
15. Eugene-gaston
16. Farraline
17. Francois joseph
18. Garthelyde
19. Goeland ii
20. Gyller
21. Hansi
22. Hebe
23. Hirondelle
24. Hmcs athabaskan
25. Jutland
26. Lady princess
27. Lake borgne
28. Lewis luckenbach
29. Maindy keep
30. Marie
31. Marquis des anges
32. Marsala
33. Messicano
34. Midnight sun i
35. Naja
36. Natcrest
37. Norma
38. Ouessantine
39. Pascal andre mickael
40. Pauline-louisa
41. Polvena (possibly)
42. Rene marthe
43. Sappho
44. Saracen
45. Solferino
46. Strathtay
47. Surcouf
48. Tali
49. Therese et marie
50. Throstle
51. U 767 (possibly)
52. Veroloch
53. Westlands

 

Name: SAPPHO

Length 79.6 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 2087 ton

Cause: vessel, built 1891 by stabilimento tecnico triestino. owned at the time of loss by c hadjipateras, & n & d pateras. sunk by a german submarine off ushant. (dods).

Year of registration: 1919

Water depth above wreck: 94 meter

Known since: 1919, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: H1690/19 16.7.19 WK IN 484300N, 044200W. (PARIS NM). INS AS WK [OLD SYMBOL]. BR STD. H1271/28 [NO DATE] AMEND SYMBOL TO NDW (1916). BR STD. H1128/63 12.3.63 INS AS NDW. NC 2644. 24.8.77 MERCHANT VESSEL 'SAPPHO' IN 484300N, 044200W APPROX [EUR]. GEN DEPTH 94MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS DTD 18.10.76, NO.14584033). 2.9.77 SHOWN AS NDW ON FRENCH 6680 [INT 1708]. 21.1.86 SHOWN AS WK USC PD 73MTRS ON FRENCH 6680 [1986 EDN]. ALSO LISTED IN FRENCH WK RECORDS, NO.14584033. NC 3668. 20.5.02 ACCURACY 1000MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 2002). NCA. 2.3.09 SHOWN IN 4842.940N, 0442.090W [WGD] ON FRENCH 6680 [INT 1708] [3RD EDN 2003, CORRECT TO NM 42 29 08, 1:150,000, 2ND SCALE ADOPTION]. NC 2647. 30.4.09 SHOWN IN 4842.946N, 0442.075W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7150 [2ND EDN 2008, 1:50,000, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION) NC 2025.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 48 42.946 N,4 42.075 W

 

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