Wreck: St andre (possibly) (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck St andre (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 56.63 N,4 32.594 W (49.943833, -4.543233)
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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: ST ANDRE (POSSIBLY)
Length 88.1 meter, width: 11.9 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 2457 ton
Cause: passage rouen for algiers. torpedoed 9 miles w of eddystone. cargo empty barrels. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1982
Water depth above wreck: 73 meter, Height above seabed: 171 cm
Known since: 1982, last detected: 2008
Details measurements/cartography: 1917 POSN OF ST ANDRE REPT AS 495700N, 043200W PD. (DOCKET M017665) H3823/78 10.5.82 H3823/78 10.5.82 DEFINITE WK REPD IN 495645N, 043230W [OGB] USING DECCA. (E GILES, 27.4.82). NCA YET. 4.7.85 4.7.85 WK, STANDING 5FMS ABOVE SEABED, LOCATED BY DECCA. CINC REQUESTED. (C WILLIAMS, RECORDED TAPE). INS AS WK 65MTRS. BR STD. 22.1.99 22.1.99 CINC DELETED. MORE THAN FIVE YEARS. HH091/059/01 5.4.05 HH091/059/01 5.4.05 EXAM'D 12.8.04 IN 4956.630N, 0432.594W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 69.0 IN GEN DEPTH 73.8MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTR DEEP EXTENDS 20MTRS TOWARDS 171 DEGS. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 19MTRS, HT 4.8MTRS. LIES 171/351 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, COLLAPSED. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 69MTRS. BR STD. 15.9.08 15.9.08 DIVED 14.9.08 AND PLATE FOUND STATING 'CONSTURITCARLES ATELIERS ET CHANTIERS DE FRANCE DUNKERQUE'. NO EVIDENCE OF CARGO. (TELECOM, G POUND DTD 15.9.08).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, COLLAPSED
Position: 49 56.63 N,4 32.594 W
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