This is the information page about the shipwreck Sauerland, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 46 5.712 N,1 41.824 W (46.047766666667, -1.5823166666667)

 

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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. Albatros
3. Allie
4. Argos
5. Cascais (?cascaes)
6. Etoile du matin
7. Fils de l`ocean
8. Fortunio
9. Francesco
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11. Henri
12. Holt hill
13. Immaculee conception
14. Le petit prince
15. Maori
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17. Marmion
18. Michel
19. Moulin blanc
20. Nautilus
21. Nautilus (possibly)
22. Nordcap
23. Prima
24. Reina victoria de burela
25. Roule ta bosse
26. Royal sceptre
27. Sauerland
28. St ives
29. St yves
30. Stendhal
31. U 263
32. Ulfsborg
33. Union neptune
34. Vardaas
35. Vauban

 

Name: SAUERLAND

Length 141.1 meter, width: 18.6 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 7087 ton

Cause: vessel, built 1929 by f schichau. owned at the time of loss by hamburg-amerika linie. sunk during combined air & sea operations off la rochelle. (dods). sunk by torpedo from 'hms diadem'. (french wk records 1987).

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 26 meter

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H04379/44 11.11.44 DW PA IN 460538N, 014216W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).

- NM 2473/44. H770/47 4.3.47 NOW DW WITH G CONL BUOY CLOSE E. (PARIS NM 51 4167 46).

- NM 531/47. H6510/46 11.3.47 BUOY NOW G SPH LT BUOY, OCC.G. (PARIS NM 4 401 47).

- NM 646/47. H5245/51 6.4.55 BUOY MOVED TO CLOSE W. (PARIS NM 04 31 55).

- NM 833/55. H5245/51 22.12.55 NOW WK 3.9MTRS [2FMS 1FT]. (PARIS NM 55 39 32).

- NM 3102/55. H5245/51 7.2.57 RARFL ADDED TO BUOY. (PARIS NM 56 47 10). H1507/58 18.3.58 LT AT BUOY NOW OCC.G.4S. (PARIS NM 58 06 23). NCA. H5245/51 26.11.59 NOW WK 12MTRS [6FMS 3FT]. (PARIS NM 59 42 25). BR STD. H5245/51 2.6.61 NOW WK 14.9MTRS [8FMS 1FT]. (PARIS NM 61 19 09). BR STD. H5245/51 15.12.61 NOW NDW, MARKED BY CAN LT BUOY PA, GP.FL(3)12S, CLOSE W. (PARIS NM 61 37 17).

- NM 2226/61. 24.8.70 SHOWN AS WK 14.9MTRS [8FMS 1 FT], BUOY NO LONGER PA, ON FRENCH 6333. BR STD. 22.1.76 SHOWN AS WK 14.9MTRS ON FRENCH 6338T [1975 EDN].

- NM 252/76. H3464/70 28.3.83 NOW WK 21MTRS [11FMS 3FT] IN 460545N, 014144.5W. BR STD. 6.4.88 SHOWN AS WK 21MTRS IN 460544.5N, 014144W [EUR] ON FRENCH 7069 [1986 EDN]. LOCATED BY E/S & DCS3. STANDS 5MTRS OFF THE SEABED. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987, NO.14561065). NC 2663. HH353/510/03 29.9.98 NOW WK 24MTRS IN 460546N, 014145W [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 98 37 16).

- NM 3960/98. 30.9.04 SHOWN IN 4605.712N, 0141.824W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7404 [INT 1843] [2ND EDN 2002, 1:50,000, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 2999.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 46 5.712 N,1 41.824 W

 

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