This is the information page about the shipwreck Sequana, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 46 36.54 N,2 18.43 W (46.8, -11.083333333333)
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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: SEQUANA
Length 131.1 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 5557 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: vessel, built 1898 by workman, clark & co, was torpedoed and sunk by a german submarine. owned at the time of loss by cie de nav sud atlantique. (dods). sunk while on passage from buenos aires and dakar to bordeaux. vessel was also carrying troops. (ll ww1).
Year of registration: 1919
Water depth above wreck: 44 meter
Known since: 1919, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: H1302/19 SANK 4M SSE OF PORT SAINT SAUVEUR, ILE D'YEU. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). 7.7.19 SHOWN AS WK IN 463800N, 021630W ON FRENCH WK CHART 10104. CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL] IN 463800N, 021630W. SQ DATE. H2966/22 18.5.22 NOW DW PA (1918) IN 463718N, 022210W. (PARIS NM 1576A/21 & NM 1675A/21).
- NM 1465/22. H1142/28 18.2.28 SHOWN AS NDW (1918) IN 463718N, 022210W ON FRENCH CHART.
- NM 391/28. 16.10.81 SHOWN AS WK USC 20MTRS [11FMS] ON FRENCH 6853 [1981 EDN]. BR STD. 11.3.88 NOT SHOWN ON FRENCH 6853 & FRENCH 7069 [1986 EDNS]. RETAIN AS WK USC 20MTRS IN 463723N, 022203W. NC 2663. 21.3.90 FRENCH LINER 'SEQUANA' IN 463723N, 022203W [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 500MTRS. USC 20MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 46MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1990, NO.14562024). HH353/351/01 18.2.91 LOCATED IN 463636N, 021821W BY AMATEUR DIVER, MR RIGAUD. POSN ACCURACY 100MTRS. GEN DEPTH 44MTRS. (AMENDMENT TO FRENCH WK RECORDS 1990, NO.14562024). ESTIMATED LEAST DEPTH RETAINED. AMEND POSN TO 463636N, 021821W [EUR]. BR STD. HH353/510/06 10.7.03 SHOWN IN 4636.60N, 0218.35W [EUR] ON FRENCH 7069.
- NM 3047/03. 13.5.05 SHOWN IN 4636.540N, 0218.430W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7402 [2ND EDN 2002, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NC 2997.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 46 36.54 N,2 18.43 W