This is the information page about the shipwreck Saumur, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 42 31.509 N,3 8.019 E (42.5, 29)

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.

Name: SAUMUR

Length 98.8 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 2955 ton

Cause: vessel, built 1920 by forth s.b. & e. co.. owned at time of loss by german government [former french vessel]. was torpedoed & sunk by a british submarine. (dods).

Year of registration: 1948

Water depth above wreck: 44 meter

Known since: 1948, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: H7274/48 21.1.49 DW PA SHOWN IN 423131N, 030804E. (PARIS NM 4108/48).

- NM 155/49. H7274/48 12.2.51 NOW WK 17.6MTRS IN 423142N, 030800E. (PARIS NM 51/042/50).

- NM 294/51. 22.5.72 SHOWN AS SW 17MTRS IN 423130N, 030800E ON FRENCH 1218. H2250/73 3.4.74 CHART AS SW 17MTRS. NC 1506. 7.2.85 IDENTIFIED AS SS 'SAUMUR'. SWEPT CLEAR AT 17.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 44MTRS IN 423134N, 030809E [EUD]. (FRENCH WK RECORD NO.18023011 [APR'84]). H4877/84 11.2.85 NOW WK 20.9MTRS IN 423133N, 030806E. (BREST NM 84/49/35).

- NM 590/85. 21.11.88 SHOWN ON NE 1705 WITH D/L EXTENDED TO COVER WKS CLOSE N & SE. [WGD] POSN: 4231.509N, 0308.019E.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 42 31.509 N,3 8.019 E

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