Wreck: Sperrbrecher 6 (Minesweeper)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Sperrbrecher 6, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 45 36.579 N,1 1.736 W (45.609650, -1.028933)
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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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Shipwreck details
Name: SPERRBRECHER 6
Year of registration: 1944
Water depth above wreck: 12 meter, Height above seabed: 134 cm
Known since: 1944, last detected: 2017
Details measurements/cartography: 17.3.49 SHOWN AS ST IN 453636N, 010145W ON FRENCH 5508. NE 2910. H4980/49 25.10.49 G & R CONL LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G.9S, LAID ABOUT 1.5C N OF WK. (PARIS NM 31 023 49). H4980/49 25.10.49 BUOY REPLACED BY G CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G.9S. (PARIS NM 36 014 49).
- NM 2124/49. H4980/49 17.1.50 BUOY REPLACED BY G CAN LT BUOY, FL.G, CLOSE W OF WK. (PARIS NM 47 016 49).
- NM 19/50. H7203/51 19.11.52 SHOWN AS ST MARKED BY G CONL LT BUOY, FL.G, ON FRENCH 5508. NC 2910. 25.5.59 LT AT BUOY SHOWN AS QKFL.G ON FRENCH 6141. NE 2910. H5212/58 25.2.60 AMENDED BUOY TO B CONL LT BUOY, OCC.G.4S. (PARIS NM 60 03 23).
- NM 384/60. H5212/58 4.3.71 WK 3MTRS IN 453642N, 010142W. (PARIS NM 71 02 14).
- NM 1512/72. H747/67 16.9.71 SHOWN AS WK 3MTRS ON FRENCH 6141. ALSO INFO REC'D FROM HMS HUBBERSTON. NFA. 1.11.83 SHOWN AS WK 3MTRS IN 453642N, 010141.5W ON FRENCH 6141 [1982 EDN]. NC 2910. 2.11.83 WK OF WARSHIP 'SPERRBRECHER 6' IN 453642N, 010142W [EUR]. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 3MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 12MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1983). 30.10.86 SHOWN IN 453639N, 010140W ON FRENCH 7028 [1985 EDN]. NE 2910. 9.1.03 SHOWN AS DWP, LEAST DEPTH 3MTRS, LYING 134/314DEGS, LENGTH 140MTRS, BEAM 25MTRS IN 4536.570N, 0101.730W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7425 [2002 EDN, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NC 3058. 27.2.06 SHOWN IN 4536.579N, 0101.731W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7425 [INT 1849] [2ND EDN 2005, 1:25,000, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 3058.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 45 36.579 N,1 1.736 W
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